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Pill monitoring

A first-in-human study involving the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute uses innovative smart pill technology to measure and monitor vital signs that can help identify early signs of a drug overdose, a potential breakthrough for people with opioid use disorder. 

Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/sleep-disorder-apnea-diagnosis-ingestible-electronic-pill-1844723

Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/mit-tests-new-ingestible-sensor-that-record-your-breathing-through-your-intestines-224823353.html#:~:text=MIT%20researchers%20developed%20an%20ingestible,depression%20during%20an%20opioid%20overdose

The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/17/scientists-develop-capsule-monitor-vital-signs-inside-body/

Inverse

https://www.inverse.com/health/robot-pill-track-heart-rate-breathing-opiate-overdose-sleep-disorder

Interesting Engineering

https://interestingengineering.com/health/swallowable-device-tracking-vital-signs-inside-the-body-in-human-trial

WBOY-TV

https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-believes-new-technology-could-help-detect-signs-of-overdose/

Inside Precision Magazine

https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/precision-medicine/wireless-pill-can-monitor-vital-signs-from-stomach/

The Daily Courier

https://www.dailycourier.com/news/early-wvu-research-shows-smart-pill-may-detect-overdose-signs/article_d40174ac-8589-11ee-99ad-0f03b14cfa2f.html

MedicalResearch.com

https://medicalresearch.com/author-interviews/brigham-mit-scientists-develop-pill-to-measure-vital-signs-without-blood-tests-or-wires/

Tech Times

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/298834/20231118/mit-smart-capsule-ingestible-sensor-monitors-breathing-intestines.htm

Lootpress

https://www.lootpress.com/early-wvu-research-shows-ingestible-smart-pill-may-detect-signs-of-overdose/

WV MetroNews

https://wvmetronews.com/2023/11/26/wvu-to-expand-study-into-smart-pill-that-can-recognize-causes-of-drug-overdose/

Hoodline

https://hoodline.com/2023/11/revolutionary-ingestible-device-monitors-vital-signs-mit-celero-systems-and-west-virginia-university-collaborate/

HealthDay

https://www.healthday.com/health-news/general-health/pill-sized-device-tracks-breathing-heart-rate-from-inside-the-body

WTOV-TV

https://wtov9.com/news/local/rockefeller-neuroscience-institute-pioneers-smart-pill-technology-to-detect-and-prevent-overdoses

The Dominion Post

https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/11/22/wvum-rockefeller-neurosciences-ali-rezai-explains-their-ingestible-smart-pill-research-and-potential-for-drug-overdose-detection/

Lootpress

https://www.lootpress.com/early-wvu-research-shows-ingestible-smart-pill-may-detect-signs-of-overdose-2/

My Buckhannon

https://www.mybuckhannon.com/early-wvu-research-shows-ingestible-smart-pill-may-detect-signs-of-overdose/

WV News, Opinion

https://www.wvnews.com/theet/opinion/editorials/salutes/article_9407e2bc-864e-11ee-8367-c771d0541d8a.html

Healthleaders

https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/innovation/are-ingestible-sensors-making-comeb

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Wired

https://www.wired.com/story/this-pill-tracks-your-vitals-from-the-inside/