Sweat does more than just cool down an overheating body. Measuring the chemical makeup of an individual's sweat—specifically the levels of chloride, a chemical component of salt—can serve as an early ...

Clinical evaluation of Chloride Tracker will be conducted by Marmara University in Istanbul.

A new wireless and wearable device developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists, in collaboration with Northwestern University spinout company, Epicore Biosystems, measures specific biomarkers in a ...

The concentration of chloride in sweat is the most robust biomarker for a positive diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. The current method uses a hard, rigid, wrist-strapped device. The research team—with ...

In the Middle Ages, a grim adage sometimes turned up in European folklore and children’s stories: Woe to that child which when kissed on the forehead tastes salty. He is bewitched and soon must die. A ...

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Sweat does more than just cool down an overheating body. Measuring the chemical makeup of an individual’s sweat — specifically the levels of chloride, a chemical component of salt — can serve as an ...

The advent of highly efficacious therapies against cystic fibrosis is a stunning achievement. Although short of a cure, the use of drugs to restore the function of the faulty protein that causes the ...

The team’s sensor is capable of measuring and reporting the chloride ion levels of a subject's sweat in real time with high precision and efficiency. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sweat does more than just ...

A Northwestern University-led research team has developed a novel skin-mounted sticker that absorbs sweat and then changes color to provide an accurate, easy-to-read diagnosis of cystic fibrosis ...