Bloodless test for glucose runs skin-deep

A new technique may enable people with diabetes to check blood glucose levels by measuring the glucose that diffuses naturally through the skin.

References:

Colón, L.A., and V.A. Frerichs. 1999. Analysis of transdermally extracted samples: Noninvasive sampling of glucose. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. March. Orlando, Fla.

Sources:

Luis A. Colón
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Chemistry
Natural Science Complex
Buffalo, NY 14260-3000
Web site: http://www.chem.buffalo.edu

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 12, March 20, 1999, p. 187. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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