Diabetics know all to well the discomfort of drawing blood to test their blood glucose. One alternate test method under development is reported at Gizmag.com: Color-changing contact lenses that alert diabetics to glucose-level changes. Nanoparticles in the lenses react with glucose molecules in the patient's tears. Changing glucose levels cause a chemical reaction that changes the lens color and allows the wearer to adjust his or her glucose.
An alternative to insulin injections, Gizmag reports, could be eating a yogurt or drinking a smoothie as a glucose-responsive therapy. A bacteria that could trigger cells to produce insulin is key to this possibility.
Another creative development reported by Gizmag concerns microscopic “ants” that can transport objects inside a microchip. A goal here is “to give scientists new insights as to how cells and other objects are transported by tiny cilia throughout our bodies.”
An alternative to insulin injections, Gizmag reports, could be eating a yogurt or drinking a smoothie as a glucose-responsive therapy. A bacteria that could trigger cells to produce insulin is key to this possibility.
Another creative development reported by Gizmag concerns microscopic “ants” that can transport objects inside a microchip. A goal here is “to give scientists new insights as to how cells and other objects are transported by tiny cilia throughout our bodies.”
