Preclinical work on engineered Salmonella that self-destructs inside tumors and a method to turn any smartphone camera into a hyperspectral sensor show how biology is being remade as both drug and device. Behavior findings tout caffeine-fueled persistence and 12-week probiotic cognitive gains, but small, heterogeneous trials and spectacle-driven attention risk outpacing reproducibility and policy readiness.
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