Temporary Tattoo Offers Needle-Free Way to Monitor Glucose Levels
From: UC San Diego - 01/14/2015

Nanoengineers [so tiny that you need a microscope to see them] at the
University of California, San Diego have tested a temporary tattoo that both
extracts and measures the level of glucose in the fluid in between skin
cells. This first-ever example of the flexible, easy-to-wear device could be
a promising step forward in noninvasive glucose testing for patients with
diabetes.

This "proof-of-concept" tattoo could pave the way for the Center to explore
other uses of the device, such as detecting other important metabolites in
the body or delivering medicines through the skin.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1691

Links:
Center for Wearable Sensors
http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/wearablesensors

Tattoo-Based Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring: A Proof-of-Concept Study
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac504300n