{"id":183296,"date":"2024-02-21T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T21:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/smart-toilet-monitors-for-signs-of-disease"},"modified":"2024-02-21T15:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T21:22:58","slug":"smart-toilet-monitors-for-signs-of-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/smart-toilet-monitors-for-signs-of-disease","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Smart toilet\u2019 monitors for signs of disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3eQvjpPijDg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Year 2020 <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-face_with_colon_three\" title=\":3\">face_with_colon_three<\/span> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>There\u2019s a new disease-detecting technology in the lab of <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/profiles\/sanjiv-gambhir\">Sanjiv \u201cSam\u201d Gambhir<\/a>, MD PhD, and its No. 1 source of data is number one. And number two.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a smart toilet. But not the kind that lifts its own lid in preparation for use; this toilet is fitted with technology that can detect a range of disease markers in stool and urine, including those of some cancers, such as colorectal or urologic cancers. The device could be particularly appealing to individuals who are genetically predisposed to certain conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, prostate cancer or kidney failure, and want to keep on top of their health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur concept dates back well over 15 years,\u201d said Gambhir, professor and chair of radiology. \u201cWhen I\u2019d bring it up, people would sort of laugh because it seemed like an interesting idea, but also a bit odd.\u201d With a pilot study of 21 participants now completed, Gambhir and his team have made their vision of a precision health-focused smart toilet a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year 2020 face_with_colon_three There\u2019s a new disease-detecting technology in the lab of Sanjiv \u201cSam\u201d Gambhir, MD PhD, and its No. 1 source of data is number one. And number two. It\u2019s a smart toilet. But not the kind that lifts its own lid in preparation for use; this toilet is fitted with technology that can [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}