levodopa monitor fingertip patch - main (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

levodopa monitor fingertip patch - main

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This wearable device monitors levodopa, the gold standard drug for Parkinson's disease, in a patient's fingertip sweat. That same sweat also helps power the device.

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David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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