Detectable glucose with iPhone

• May 3, 2024

In order to track the levels of glucose Y oxygen in the blood , a team of scientists from the University of Northeastern performs experiments with a iPhone modified, which allows to trace said levels by recognizing a tattoo special.

Is application will benefit those who suffer some degree of anemia Y diabetes ; even, it could be useful for cyclists (or other athletes) because the iPhone I would also recognize the levels of sodium , with the intention of avoiding dehydration .

Heather Clark, director of research and the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University, explained that the process begins with the injection of a solution containing nanoparticles , carefully chosen, in the skin .

This leaves no visible mark, but the nanoparticles shows fluorescent when exposed to a target molecule, such as sodium or glucose . So he iPhone modified records the changes in the level of fluorescence, and indicates the present amount ofbiological markers .

The tattoos were originally designed to perform the standard technique that measures levels of glucose in the diabetics ; that is, with a picket or puncture you get the sample or drop of blood .

However, this new application ended up being developed to track many other things besides the glucose Y sodium . Therefore, it offers a simpler, more precise and less painful way for those who must follow up on biological markers important

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