Promoting Public Health: New, inexpensive paper-based diabetes test ideal for developing countries

Published: June 22, 2024, 6:02 p.m.

Today\u2019s development is an inexpensive and easy-to-use urine test for Type 2 diabetes ideally suited for rural India, China and other areas of the world where poverty limits the availability of health care. The report describing the paper-based device, which also could be adapted for the diagnosis and monitoring of other conditions and the environment, appears in ACS\u2019 journal Analytical Chemistry.