Tiny 'microworms' could be implanted under the skin for continuous medical monitoring
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 15:50
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at MIT and Northeastern have come up with a new system for monitoring biomedical indicators -- such as levels of sodium or glucose in the blood -- that could someday lead to implantable devices that would allow, for example, people with diabetes to check their blood sugar just by glancing at an area of skin.