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Glucose-Measuring Implant Glows When Sugar Levels Increase

Instead of putting up with a mild pin-prick whenever your blood sugar levels need testing, Japanese scientists have invented a little implant that glows when the levels change. No pain, and a free glowstick for raves — high five, science!

6 February 2011

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Researchers May Have Found A Potential Cure For Type 1 Diabetes

Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical centre have found that suppressing a single hormone may eliminate the need for insulin injections and may make the condition completely asymptomatic.

7 August 2010

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Injectable Glowing Beads In Bloodstream Can Indicate Glucose Levels

Diabetics may have yet another tool in their blood-sugar management arsenal – an implantable, fluorescent blood-sugar monitor. It involves small hydrogel beads that vary the intensity of emitted light depending on glucose concentration. They’re called Life Beans.

21 May 2010

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Implant Harnesses Electricity From Consumed Food

For the first time, scientists have successfully implanted a biofuel cell that generates power from glucose inside a body – an everlasting battery you could theoretically recharge by eating a Snickers bar.

24 December 2009

Science

Colour-Shifting Contact Lenses Alert Diabetics To Glucose Levels

Diabetics are saddled with the unenviable task of checking their blood sugar levels constantly. But a new non-invasive technology lets diabetics keep tabs on their glucose levels with contact lenses that change colours as their blood sugar rises and falls.

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