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Smart patch that automatically delivers insulin when needed

20-Jan-2016

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Skin patch covered in painless microneedles that are loaded with tiny insulin-carrying pouches.

Replaces finger-pricking and insulin shots .

Vesicles function as both glucose sensing element (GOx) and insulin release actuator/

Device has only been tested on mice so far.

The study was published in the ACS Nano journal.

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ACS Nano

Journal about nanoscience and nanotechnology

Zhen Gu

Professor at University of California, Los Angeles.

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Diabetes