DIABETES patients may soon have an alternative to conventional monitoring and medication involving painful, repetitive blood drawing and injections with the development by researchers in South Korea of a “smart” glucose monitor that can also dispense insulin.

The device, which measures blood glucose levels in sweat, was developed by a research team at the Center for Nanoparticle Research at the Institute for Basic Science in Daejon, South Korea.

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