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The Glucose-Monitoring Tattoo: A novel nanosensor could be used for skin-based glucose sensing.

By MIT Technology Review Published at January 28, 2009 Views 360 Comments 3 Likes 2

Amy Tenderich

Scientists at Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, MA, are developing a nanosensor that could be injected into the skin, much like tattoo dye, to monitor an individual's blood-sugar level. Wow!

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just4us3
just4us3 February 1, 2009 at 1:44 pm   
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Thanks for the article Amy I thought it was great
Amy Tenderich
Amy TenderichPA January 29, 2009 at 3:17 pm   
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Speaking of diabetes and tattoos, I thought some of you might also be interested in this article I wrote a while back:

http://www.dlife.com/dLif­e/do/ShowConten...
Avera
Avera January 28, 2009 at 10:18 pm   
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I sure hope they hurry up and get it ready for distribution and marketing. It would be a Godsend for me. For some reason I was born with sensitive fingers and nothing I do except for alternate site testing helps. I am ready for them to try it on me if they need a volunteer.

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