Fig. 1: Hydrogel-based flexible materials for diabetes diagnosis, treatment, and management.
From: Hydrogel-based flexible materials for diabetes diagnosis, treatment, and management

Hydrogels possess unique and tunable characteristics such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, stretchability, etc. The wide flexibility of hydrogels allows them to be utilized in a variety of applications relating to diabetes, including glucose monitoring, insulin delivery, cell transplantation, wound care, and nursing management.