A CAMERA the size of a toffee could soon be journeying though your gut, on
the lookout for problems.
Currently, if doctors want to check for ulcers, for example, they have to
push a long endoscope down a patient’s throat to see the top part, or through
their rectum to view the lower end. It’s not pleasant, and also misses a large
chunk in the middle, inside the small intestine.
Now Paul Swain and his colleagues at the Royal London Hospital have come up
with a more effective alternative that’s as easy as taking a pill—a mini
camera that…
