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AgingLemon t1_itwh95c wrote
Reply to comment by Hiding_behind_you in Ask Anything Wednesday - Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology by AutoModerator
Researcher here. Medical device companies are working on this. Continuous glucose monitors do this with interstitial fluid, and Dexcom is investigating applying these technologies for other molecules.
A big consideration is the thing you want to measure, which tissues you can access, and whether it’s an appropriate approach. Blood is accessible and a lot, but not all, of health related things are released or leaked into blood. For example Vitamin D measurement in blood is tricky.
Hiding_behind_you t1_itwi9yl wrote
Thank you for the reply! Very interesting.
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