Researchers have reported a new form of electronics known as 'drawn-on-skin electronics,' allowing multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.
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Painless skin patch collects fluid to monitor biomarkers to speed up and simplify routine diagnostic testing.
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Wireless microcontrollers release precise amounts of antibiotics, painkillers, growth factors or other medications. The bandage, which remains several years from market, could improve treatment of chronic skin wounds related to diabetes. Read more at Nebraska Today.
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The material can be used to make medical devices with intrinsic healing properties, which could reduce tissue damage.
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Researchers at MIT have engineered capsules that could protect insulin-producing cells, derived from stem cells, from being attacked by the immune system.