Politico October 22, 2024
INNOVATORS
The government wants to monitor your tears.
That’s the aim of the Ocular Laboratory for Analysis of Biomarkers, or OCULAB, program from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, which seeks applications from researchers who can develop biomarker technology to insert into tear ducts to measure and monitor eye problems in real time.
The wearable system should have two components: a continuous monitoring nanosensor for the tear ducts and an ultra-precise drug-dosing device, which can respond to the monitoring system.
Why’s that? “Our platform will enable diagnosing, monitoring, and treating conditions like dry eye disease to be more efficient and less invasive for individuals,” Dr. Calvin Roberts, OCULAB’s program manager, said in a statement.
Why it matters: Tear samples...
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