Australian scientists have developed a new non-invasive diabetes test that uses a printed strip to detect glucose levels in saliva. An enzyme embedded in the strip turns glucose into a signal that can be read by a special device without needing electronics, making the test fast, easy to produce, and cheap. The scientists believe this test will radically change medical testing by providing a simple, affordable way to monitor blood sugar levels.
Australian scientists have developed a new non-invasive diabetes test that uses a printed strip to detect glucose levels in saliva. An enzyme embedded in the strip turns glucose into a signal that can be read by a special device without needing electronics, making the test fast, easy to produce, and cheap. The scientists believe this test will radically change medical testing by providing a simple, affordable way to monitor blood sugar levels.
Australian scientists have developed a new non-invasive diabetes test that uses a printed strip to detect glucose levels in saliva. An enzyme embedded in the strip turns glucose into a signal that can be read by a special device without needing electronics, making the test fast, easy to produce, and cheap. The scientists believe this test will radically change medical testing by providing a simple, affordable way to monitor blood sugar levels.
Australian scientists have developed a new non-invasive diabetes test that uses a printed strip to detect glucose levels in saliva. An enzyme embedded in the strip turns glucose into a signal that can be read by a special device without needing electronics, making the test fast, easy to produce, and cheap. The scientists believe this test will radically change medical testing by providing a simple, affordable way to monitor blood sugar levels.
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A new diabetes test – level 1
20-07-2021 07:00 Australian scientists make a new diabetes test. A diabetes test checks the level of blood sugar in the body. Blood sugar gives you energy. The scientists believe that their test is very special. It looks like a strip. The test does not hurt. It checks the blood sugar from saliva. An enzyme is inside the strip. The enzyme turns the blood sugar into a signal. A special device reads the signal. This way to test is different from any other tests. The test does not use any electronic devices. It uses ink. It means that it is easy to make the test. People can print it. It is fast and cheap. Difficult words: diabetes (a disease when there is too much or too little blood sugar in the body), saliva (the water in the mouth which helps people eat food), enzyme (a material in the body which makes some things happen faster).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.
A new diabetes test – level 2
20-07-2021 07:00
Australian scientists developed a new diabetes test that
finds glucose in saliva. They believed that it was very exciting, and it was something that people hoped to make for a long time. Scientists put an enzyme into a strip, and this enzyme turns glucose into a signal. A special device can read the signal, and it shows the level of glucose in the body. Scientists said that this test would change the way of making medical tests. It is very easy and cheap to make the test because people can print it. There is no electronic device in it, and it contains only ink. The test is non-invasive, which means that it is not painful. Difficult words: glucose (blood sugar), saliva (the water in the mouth which helps you chew and eat), enzyme (a substance which helps the body work faster). You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.
A new diabetes test – level 3
20-07-2021 07:00 Australian scientists say that they´ve developed the ´holy grail´ of blood sugar testing for diabetics. A non-invasive strip checks glucose levels through saliva. Scientists have developed a way of embedding an enzyme that detects glucose directly into a transistor, which is a very sensitive amplifier. The enzyme turns glucose into a signal that the transistor can detect. The transistor can be manufactured at a low cost using simple printing techniques because the electronic materials are all inks. Scientists believe that this test is going to radically change the way we think about medical devices and sensors in particular. At the moment, the test is going to start clinical trials before it can be manufactured at a large scale. Difficult words: holy grail (something that people want very much to have or achieve), embed (to fix firmly and deeply in a surrounding solid mass), enzyme (a substance in the body that helps it work), amplifier (an electronic device that increases the power of a signal). You can watch the video news lower on this page.
