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Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, have developed and tested a tiny stick-on temporary tattoo that painlessly extracts glucose and monitors its levels in the body. It works by gently drawing glucose from between cells to the surface of the skin where it can then be measured by in-built sensors. Not only is the gadget non-invasive and discreet, it’s extremely cheap—costing just a few cents—and works just as well as the dreaded finger prick tests.
Very interesting indeed. I guess we shall have to 'wait and see' if it ever gets past the 'proof of concept' discussed in your link.
I imagine, also, that at some point those companies that make the blood glucose meters (and those very expensive strips by which they make their money) will fight this concept, since it will cut into their profits.
Not too long ago, in Dr. Bernstein's book, I was reading about how medical doctors, back in the early 1970s, were against the introduction of the home glucose meter. Said doctors argued that patients should only get their glucose levels checked at the doctor's office. Dr. Bernstein wrote that he was one of the first people to obtain such a meter (in part by becoming, himself, a medical doctor), and spoke of how it revolutionized his self-treatment of diabetes.
Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, have developed and tested a tiny stick-on temporary tattoo that painlessly extracts glucose and monitors its levels in the body. It works by gently drawing glucose from between cells to the surface of the skin where it can then be measured by in-built sensors. Not only is the gadget non-invasive and discreet, it’s extremely cheap—costing just a few cents—and works just as well as the dreaded finger prick tests.
Its an interesting idea, but the end of the article shows the devices current limitations. It cannot provide a numeric read out of an individual's blood glucose level.
Until it can do this, there really isn't much to talk about.
Not to pour cold water on a good idea, but its a long ways from being what it needs to be.
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