Posts Tagged ‘nano’
Using the iPhone to give the “finger” to Finger Pricks
07/26/2011
Diabetics who prick their fingers several times a day to test blood glucose levels have a new reason to want an iPhone, or at least they may in the future. This new phone app may eliminate painful finger pricks.
Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston created nano-sensors that are injected under the skin like a tattoo and then glow under a fluorescent light to show the amount of glucose in a patient’s blood, according to MIT’s Technology Review. The nano-sensors are specialized molecules designed to attract and bind to specific chemicals and fluoresce when hit by the right spectrum of light.
Posted in Drugs | Medication, Mobile Applications, Sensors & Telemonitoring | Tags: biomarker, blood, diabetic, glucose, nano | 
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