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Wearable sweat sensor paves way for real-time analysis of body chemistry

Flexible plastic sensor sends molecular test results to a smartphone.

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Geddes, L. Wearable sweat sensor paves way for real-time analysis of body chemistry. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.19254

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