Skin-Like Biosensor Offers Needle-Free Blood Sugar Monitoring

Non-invasive glucose reader is pain-free and conforms to the skin

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diagram of the biosensor atop cross section of epidermis
Schematic showing how hyaluronic acid (clear spheres) delivered at the anode helps push glucose (blue spheres) out of the blood vessels to the skin surface.
Illustration: Xue Feng & Yihao Chen, Tsinghua University