Highly Sensitive Biosensor Measures Glucose in Saliva From: Medical Design Technology - 11/03/2015 Diabetic patients have to monitor blood glucose regularly and frequently, but conventional method of taking blood sample for measuring glucose level is painful. It is therefore important to develop high performance biological sensors for monitoring the glucose level at a reasonable cost. The challenge to develop biosensor to test glucose in saliva is that the amount of glucose in saliva is too small for detection, and it requires a super sensitive biosensor to perform the job. The biosensor developed by PolyU researchers is fabricated with a glucose oxidase enzyme (GOx) layer, which is sensitive to glucose alone and nothing else. By detecting the electrical current, the glucose level can be known. Read the entire article at: http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/11/highly-sensitive-biosensor-measures-glucose-saliva Related: Mobile Diabetes Monitoring Comes to Kmart http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/09/mobile-diabetes-monitoring-comes-kmart Device Turns Smartphone into a Glucose Meter http://www.mdtmag.com/blog/2015/09/device-turns-smartphone-glucose-meter