Massachusetts General Hospital Receives NIH Grant for A Tethered Capsule Endoscopic-Endomicroscopic (TEEM) Approach for Improving Upper GI Tract Diagnosis
Massachusetts General Hospital Receives a 2020 NIH Grant for $627,739 for A Tethered Capsule Endoscopic-Endomicroscopic (TEEM) Approach for Improving Upper GI Tract Diagnosis. The principal investigator is Guillermo Tearney. Below is a summary of the proposed work. The diagnosis of most upper GI tract conditions is currently accomplished by upper endoscopy with biopsy (EGD). EGD is costly primarily because it requires conscious sedation, necessitating that procedures be conducted by physicians in a specialized endoscopy suite, and that patients take time away from work and family. Another limitation is sampling error - endoscopic biopsies are frequently random, resulting in many instances ...
