Infection-revealing biosensors may someday make wound care a consultation between doctor and bandage. Researchers have placed a sensing device in a wound-friendly gel and shown that the device’s color-based signaling still works.
FUTURE FIRST AID. Prototype of a bandage containing a silicon sensor. Scientists are designing a sensor that would change color to show an infection.
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