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New wearable device changes color to detect early disease marker in newborns sweat
Mar 31, 2021 //
Amanda Morris
A team of Northwestern investigators have developed a soft, flexible and skin-like device that can measure chloride levels in a patient’s sweat for improved diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
A Northwestern Engineering-led research team has developed a novel skin-mounted sticker that absorbs sweat and then changes color to provide an accurate, easy-to-read diagnosis of cystic fibrosis within minutes.
While measuring chloride levels in sweat to diagnose cystic fibrosis is standard, the soft, flexible, skin-like “sweat sticker” offers a stark contrast to current diagnostic technologies, which require a rigid, bulky, wrist-strapped device to collect sweat.