Scientists at University of Texas at Dallas have developed a skin sensor that can measure glucose levels in a person’s sweat. Currently, diabetics only use blood samples to quantify their glucose levels. Pricking one’s fingers to draw a sample is painful, and children with diabetes almost universally hate doing it. Many adults regularly guesstimate their own levels to avoid finger pricks. Therefore, being able to accurately measure glucose can go a long way to helping manage diabetes while avoiding the traumatic experience that blood sampling can be for many folks.
