Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month

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(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health)

Engineers have developed an ingestible jelly-like smart pill that could stay in the stomach for up to 30 days. The pill, which quickly expands into a ping pong-sized ball, could monitor ulcers, cancers, and other conditions in the gastrointestinal tract.