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MAINTENANCE. Sweat analysis could one day replace blood tests. Chemist John A. Rogers details advances in this area.
Interview by Olivier Hertel
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LSweat is currently the subject of real enthusiasm in many research laboratories around the world. These teams are working on the development of sensors placed on the skin to analyze the composition of sweat. One of the objectives of this work is to dispense with blood tests, which are invasive, costly and more or less time-consuming. The challenge of these new technologies is therefore significant, because they would make it possible to monitor continuously and in real time the biomarkers present in our perspiration and revealing our state of health. Update on the progress of research with the American physico-chemist John A. Rogers, professor at Northwestern University.
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