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Scientists have developed a contact lens that can figure out why you are feeling sick

April 18, 2017 /

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In the future, discovering what’s wrong when you’re feeling sick might be as easy as taking out your contacts.

A research team at Oregon State is developing a bio-sensing contact lens that would be able to detect everything from when your blood sugar is running a little low to when one of your organs isn’t running at 100%. The group, led by professor Gregory Herman, presented its findings at the American Chemical Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco Tuesday.

By Emily Price

Full Story: http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2017/04/04/scientists-have-developed-a-contact-lens-that-can-tell-you-if-you-are-sick/