Toward 24-7 glucose monitoring to help manage diabetes
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:41
in Health & Medicine
Nearly half a million people with diabetes end up in emergency rooms around the US every year due to the seizures and other consequences of dropping or spiking blood-sugar levels associated with the disease. To help prevent serious complications, scientists have now developed a new glucose-sensing protein that could one day be part of an implantable, 24-7 monitoring device.