Soft "Sweat Stickers" May Streamline Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis in Children (3 of 3) (VIDEO)

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A researcher removing the sweat sticker from human skin. The sticker features a multitiered design that conforms to the skin and collects sweat without leaking it during removal. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Mar. 31, 2021, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by T.R. Ray at University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, HI; and colleagues was titled, "Soft, skin-interfaced sweat stickers for cystic fibrosis diagnosis and management."

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[Credit: T.R. Ray <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2021)]

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