September 02, 2002

tattoo's to monitor diabetes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2225404.stm

Sounds like it could be useful.. No more need
to do the finger prick blood testing...

"It is made of polyethylene glycol beads that
are coated with fluorescent molecules."

"Because glucose displaces the fluorescent
molecules, the level of fluorescence is
high when bodily glucose levels are low."

Posted by Steve at September 2, 2002 11:09 AM