Glucose sensors in medicine: overview
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Carlota Guati
Abstract
In recent years society has seen significant progress in the development of the glucose sensing field since diabetes mellitus represents the seventh cause of death at global scale. An accurate detection method of glucose concentration can be an effective way to prevent and treat diabetes and other pathologies where glucose is an important biomarker, such as glucagonoma or acromegaly. In this way, glucose sensors play a considerable role in any healthcare system. This chapter provides a comprehensive review of numerous glucose sensors from a chemical engineering perspective. The examined sensors are based on the electrochemical detection principle due to their advantages over other detection methods. The chapter also provides important information related to design aspects and new lines of research on affordable and reliable glucose sensors.
Funding source: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Award Identifier / Grant number: PDC2022-133122-I00_ MICIU/AEI/10.13039/50110001103
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the editors David Bogle and Tomasz Sosnowski for their guidance and review of this article before its publication.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: Conceptualization, C.G. and L.G.-C.; methodology, C.G., L.G.-C. and M.F.;formal analysis, C.G.; investigation, C.G.; data; writing–original draft preparation, C.G.; writing–review and editing, C.G., L.G.-C. and I.O.; supervision, I.O.; funding acquisition, I.O. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Conflict of interest: The author states no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: This research was funded by the grant Concepción Arenal from the University of Cantabria and the project PDC2022-133122-I00 funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by UE Next GenerationEU/PRTR.
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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