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How a self-powered glucose-monitoring device could help people with diabetes

  • Written by Gymama Slaughter, Executive Director, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University
People with diabetes must monitor their glucose levels throughout the day, but doing so is a challenge. sirtavelalot/Shutterstock.com

Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the U.S., with about 30.3 million adults having the disease. One in 4 adults does not even know he or she has diabetes.

In addition, 84.1 million adults have...

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