Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Scientists in United States have developed a new colour-changing
contact lens that can accurately detect your glucose level in tears.
A
breakthrough which scientists say could replace the frequent skin prick tests used to monitor blood sugar levels of diabetic patients. This newly developed contact lens has been developed by a team of scientists at the University of Akron in Ohio. The contact lens can
sense glucose, which is the blood sugar in tears, and reveal the information in the blink of an eye.
The researcher said ,if glucose concentration builds up in the body and sugar is not being metabolised properly in the body, the contact lens will detect a problem and change colour. Dr Jun Hu who led the study, said, the contact lens works just like pH paper in your high school chemistry lab. The lens is currently at the prototype phase but the team hoped if all goes
well, it could be commercially available within three years.
contact lens that can accurately detect your glucose level in tears.
A
breakthrough which scientists say could replace the frequent skin prick tests used to monitor blood sugar levels of diabetic patients. This newly developed contact lens has been developed by a team of scientists at the University of Akron in Ohio. The contact lens can
sense glucose, which is the blood sugar in tears, and reveal the information in the blink of an eye.
The researcher said ,if glucose concentration builds up in the body and sugar is not being metabolised properly in the body, the contact lens will detect a problem and change colour. Dr Jun Hu who led the study, said, the contact lens works just like pH paper in your high school chemistry lab. The lens is currently at the prototype phase but the team hoped if all goes
well, it could be commercially available within three years.
Labels: Akron University, Innovation, Ohio, SCientist
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