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Peter J. van der Schaar and colleagues developed an ingestible electronic drug delivery and monitoring system. To find out how it worked in delivering substances to areas of the GIE tract, read “A novel ingestible electronic drug delivery and monitoring device.” Find it at http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(13)00385-4/abstract or on page 520 of the September issue of GIE.

Despite advances in the diagnosis and management of IBD-related strictures, there is a gap in our knowledge in regard to a structured classification and management of these strictures. Drs. Elizabeth Paine and Bo Shen evaluate the current literature in relation to IBD-associated strictures and other adverse events and propose a classification system and management algorithm. You can read “Endoscopic therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases (with videos)” athttp://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0016-5107/PIIS0016510713023080.pdf or beginning on page 819 of the December issue of GIE.