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Smart Pill for Diabetes Monitoring

Swallowable sensor transmits live reports on intestinal glucose levels
“Currently in development at the University of California-San Diego, the pill is [MORE]

Glucose Metabolites Rather than Glucose in T2D

Key cause of type 2 diabetes uncovered
“Glucose metabolites (chemicals produced when glucose is broken down by cells), rather than glucose [MORE]

Ultrasound Therapy for Diabetes

Diabetes successfully treated using ultrasound in preclinical study
“That pulses of focused ultrasound applied to the hepatoportal neural plexus can restore [MORE]

Breathanalyzer for Blood Sugar

Breathalyzer for blood sugar monitoring
From research at National Taiwan Normal University: “The breathalyzer can analyze the changes in carbon dioxide [MORE]

Wearable, Continuous Glucose Monitors

Continuous glucose monitoring
The kind of wearable glucose monitors that show up in television advertising affixed to the arm or abdomen [MORE]

Intestinal Film Blocks Glucose Uptake in T1 Diabetes

Self-assembling film blocks glucose absorption in GIT
“The researchers [at MIT] found that if dopamine is combined with a small amount [MORE]

Glucose Powered Artificial Muscle

Artificial muscle
“Scientists at Linköping University have blurred the line between robot and organism by developing an artificial muscle that runs [MORE]

Sweat Analysis on a Smartphone

Biosensor bandage before and after collecting sweat
Chinese scientists in Beijing and California have developed a “band-aid” type device that can [MORE]

Sweat Patch Diagnostics

Sensor to measure chemical contents in sweat
Sweat is a diagnostic fluid, with varying levels of chloride, glucose, and lactate.  To [MORE]

Implantable Sensor Not Fouled by Immune Response

Lumee Reader
 
Lumee Console
Profusa  (South San Francisco) is developing injectable sensors for long term monitoring of conditions such as peripheral artery disease. [MORE]

A Wearable Diabetes Monitor that Detects Three Compounds in Sweat

Diabetes Monitor
Cortisol, glucose and interleukin 6 are diabetes-related compounds found in a diabetic’s sweat. To measure those three levels, researchers [MORE]

Seven Sensors for the Near Future of Medicine

Johns Hopkins Biosensor for Brain Injury
Wearable, implantable and ingestible biosensors are the devices that make precision medicine more precise. In [MORE]

Glucose Sensing Contact Lens

Glucose Sensing Contact Lens
“Blood, Sweat and Tears” used to be a jazz-rock band, but now this trio refers to detecting [MORE]

Blood Glucose-Powered Pacemakers

Biobattery for Pacemakers
You may remember from childhood being fascinated by sticking a copper penny into a potato, and then inserting [MORE]