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  "id": 8288612,
  "title": "Click alginate cryogel for real-time gastric pH monitoring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/click-alginate-cryogel-for-real-time-gastric-ph-monitoring",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.11.751041v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Gastric acidity shapes mucosal injury in reflux disease, peptic ulcer, and gastritis, yet is almost never measured. Acid-suppressive therapy, taken by approximately 40% of elderly adults, is therefore titrated on symptoms alone. A gastric sensor must hold onto its reporter in a highly acidic protease-rich environment, conditions that destabilize ionically crosslinked hydrogels and leach…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}