Apparently a company is working on a tattoo ink that would change color according to the person’s blood glucose levels. This would be pretty amazing if it worked because diabetics could easily monitor what’s going on without jabbing themselves with needles all the time.
Unfortunately, it sounds like there is currently a possible 20 minute lag time in the color change, but the ink is still useful for monitoring whether a glucose high or low is changing.
According to Discovery.com:
“Initial tests of the sodium-detecting ink in mice have had “spectacular” results, according to Clark. Testing the glucose monitoring nanotech ink in mice could begin by the end of this month.
Consumers will have to wait. Clark estimates that it will be at least two years before the necessary human testing is complete to bring the ink to the market.”
Thank you CrunchGear for the article!
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