{"id":1052854,"date":"2010-07-17T08:15:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-17T08:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/contact-lenses-change-color-when-blood-glucose-increases-in-diabetics\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:46:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:46:24","slug":"contact-lenses-change-color-when-blood-glucose-increases-in-diabetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/contact-lenses-change-color-when-blood-glucose-increases-in-diabetics.php","title":{"rendered":"Contact lenses change color when blood glucose increases in diabetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/2608\/483\/1600\/eye.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/75b0a_eye.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>In the future, diabetics may be able to wear contact lenses that continuously alert them to variations in their glucose levels by changing colors - potentially replacing the need to routinely draw blood throughout the day.<\/p><p>The non-invasive technology, developed by Chemical and Biochemical Engineering professor <a href=\"http:\/\/communications.uwo.ca\/com\/western_news\/stories\/nanocomposites_could_change_diabetes_treatment_20091216445482\/\">Jin Zhang<\/a> at The University of Western Ontario, uses extremely small nanoparticles embedded into the hydrogel lenses. These engineered nanoparticles react with glucose molecules found in tears, causing a chemical reaction that changes their color.<\/p><p>References:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.uwo.ca\/com\/western_news\/stories\/nanocomposites_could_change_diabetes_treatment_20091216445482\/\">Nanocomposites could change diabetes treatment<\/a>. The University of Western Ontario, 2010.<\/p><div>Image source: OpenClipArt.org.<\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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