Will High-Tech Skin Put an End to Needle Sticks for Diabetes?

October 24, 2017

Dr. Xiaoyang Wu led a team that used stem cells and the gene-editing technique CRISPR to create skin cells that emit fluorescent light in a particular pattern as blood glucose levels rise.

Full article here https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/will-high-tech-skin-put-end-needle-...

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