A research team from East China Normal University in Shanghai developed an engineered oral-deliverable glucose-sensing and functional response probiotic (GIFT) living drug.
I think they’re calling it an organ for the supposed benefit of the reader (and for the shock value of the term “synthetic organ”) because it responds to certain gut conditions in a way that would suggest a more complex functionality than a layperson would attribute to bacteria. It’s not actually an organ.
I think they’re calling it an organ for the supposed benefit of the reader (and for the shock value of the term “synthetic organ”) because it responds to certain gut conditions in a way that would suggest a more complex functionality than a layperson would attribute to bacteria. It’s not actually an organ.