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A team of German scientists have developed tattoos that change color according to the body's levels of glucose, albumin an pH levels. This would allow patients with chronic diseases keep track of their health without having to take constant blood samples.
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(“Maam why did you come to the ER today?”
“My tattoo turned yellow.”😉 Very cool though)

ComepletelyRatchet🇺🇸resists Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 sending this to my 17, T1d from birth. He will dig on this. Super cool

@CompletelyRatchet 👍

@MyKomment Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99
Ooh, that's clever.
Like a fridge thermometer

@MyKomment Oh yeah!

Violet Madder Apr 18

That is so cool

@violetmadder 👍

Cecilia | MeraOrd Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 very very cool.

John M. Gamble Apr 18

Hm, it looks like their paper was published in 2019. Is there a commercial product out now?

Rozzychan Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99
Wow!
That sounds cool and invasive at the same time!

@Rozzychan 👍 🤣

@VeroniqueB99 this is sooooo coool :O

@dequbed 👍 right?!

@VeroniqueB99 very interesting! But tattoos that “change colour” to track health biomarkers?
Skin isn’t a petri dish. Glucose ≠ predictable. Albumin is a stretch. And colour shifts on melanin-rich skin? Practically invisible.
Tech needs to see all shades to be truly revolutionary.

Don't you think that it's still a huge step forward for at least 50% of the people if it works? So why condemn it before you saw it?

Not every medicine is for everyone. Some have allergies. But the majority is fine.

@Brokar @VeroniqueB99 No

@Brokar @innoera @VeroniqueB99 No, it isn't a huge step forward, because diabetics already have more accurate means to monitor their blood sugar levels than this tattoo would provide. And they not only need to know their current sugar level, but whether it is holding steady, going up or going down, and how fast. This kind of thing isn't going to provide that.

@not2b @innoera

Just glad you 2 are not in charge of a research department, because then we would never get any new things. "Why bother when it's not universal and has maybe side effects for some"

Imagine they would have said that about the first electric cars. "Only 190km range" nah, dump it, too short, why bother.

@Brokar @innoera @VeroniqueB99 Please don't put quotes around something that no one in the conversation said or even implied.

@not2b @innoera @VeroniqueB99

Really? "No, it isn't a huge step forward, because diabetics already have more accurate means to monitor their blood sugar levels"

That's exactly what i was refering to. Why bother researching something new or different when we already have something. With your thoughts we'd still be using steam engines.
So that was very well the quintessence of your statement.

@not2b @innoera @VeroniqueB99

And back to topic, i see your point, the current pumps and diagnostic tools are probably better in its current state than this is. But what the tattoo stuff leads to something which can measure and apply insulin in doses in the future? Or starts to itch when the level is too high. We don't know, that's why people are researching it.

@not2b @innoera @VeroniqueB99

And that's why i look at news like this maybe a bit more optimistic. Many discoveries were made by accident while researching something completely different.

@Brokar @not2b @innoera (also it's not JUST for diabetics...)

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Apr 21

@innoera @VeroniqueB99 I share your concern about melanin-rich skin. This might be cool tech, but we need to make sure our healthcare covers the best treatment for the patient. Which might be this, but is _probably_ something else, instead of in addition to.

@VeroniqueB99 I need ten of these right now!!!

@Joryho 👍 🤣

Robin Barton Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 True but in usa don't tattoos get you deported?

@Robo105 👍 🤣 ...good point.

Brainworm Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 🤔
Fantastic! 🤩

Brainworm Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 😁👍

Howard Allan Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 I heard of this a couple of years ago, I think. I want to see it go into production.

@VeternBaseBrat 👍

Marco "Ocramius" Pivetta Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 didn't find it in any thread, but do you have a source/paper somewhere?

The paper was published in 2019 (link below). I can't find any record of human trials or the concept going into production.

I doubt that the one-size-fits-all approach would be terribly effective. As I diabetic I take 7 readings a day and the results determine my insulin dosage. Five coloured blobs doesn't have that precision.

Nice idea. But possibly impractical.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190723/New-color-changing-tattoos-can-monitor-glucose-levels-and-other-metabolites-in-real-time.aspx

@ocramius @VeroniqueB99

New color-changing tattoos can monitor glucose levels and other metabolites in real-time

Scientists in Germany have developed an intradermal tattoo that changes color in response to fluctuations in glucose, albumin, and pH levels.

News-Medical

@BobLefridge @ocramius

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@VeroniqueB99 I kind of want one.

@galad 👍

@VeroniqueB99 this is from 2022?

https://red.ngn.tf/r/BeAmazed/comments/xbiqko/team_of_german_scientists_have_developed_tattoos/

Team of German scientists have developed tattoos that change color according to the body's levels of glucose and albumin or its pH. This would allow patients with diabetes or kidney disease keep track of their health without having to take constant blood samples. - r/BeAmazed

View on Redlib, an alternative private front-end to Reddit.

@VeroniqueB99 or earlier perhaps. Seeing 2019 articles as well

Aaron Brick — אהרן בריק Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 Super cool invention if true. IMHO, that junk at the bottom looks like an artifact of AI generation.

@aarbrk @VeroniqueB99 Here is the original article PDF, and the artefact in question does not appear: https://sci.bban.top/pdf/10.1002/anie.201904416.pdf
so that's reassuring.

Out of something bad, something good may come…

Pooka🍸Boo 👁🫣🫵Apr 18

@xs4me2 @VeroniqueB99 and vice-versa 😉

@VeroniqueB99 isn't it like 10 years old news?

@licho 2019. But I don't share news.

@VeroniqueB99 Do you know if they delivered? I suppose it should go through some clinical trial. I'm not seeing those but also I'm not in need of one.

@licho no idea...

Radio Free Trumpistan Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99
Not good for people who are colorblind to differences between blues and greens tho.

@claralistensprechen5th true...

I actually never wanted a tattoo, but these stars are cute *and* useful.

Sponge Of Density🏳️‍🌈Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 As a diabetic, that is awesome.

@retrosponge 👍

loucovey Apr 18

@VeroniqueB99 The one problem is the glucose tattoo only works once. The pH changes often but the others are one and done

@VeroniqueB99 @Loucovey had a look loads happening with tatoos sorry in. German but nothing deeple cant translate https://www.20min.ch/story/dieses-tattoo-warnt-dich-wenn-du-krank-wirst-109063188271

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