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.

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