The challenges and promise of sweat sensing

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The potential of monitoring biomarkers in sweat for health-related applications has spurred rapid growth in the field of wearable sweat sensors over the past decade. Some of the key challenges have been addressed, including measuring sweat-secretion rate and collecting sufficient sample volumes for real-time, continuous molecular analysis without intense exercise. However, except for assessment of cystic fibrosis and regional nerve function, the ability to accurately measure analytes of interest and their physiological relevance to health metrics remain to be determined. Although sweat is not a crystal ball into every aspect of human health, we expect sweat measurements to continue making inroads into niche applications involving active sweating, such as hydration monitoring for athletes and physical laborers and later for medical and casual health monitoring of relevant drugs and hormones.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Nature biotechnology - (2024) vom: 11. Jan.

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Englisch

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Davis, Noelle [VerfasserIn]
Heikenfeld, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Milla, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Javey, Ali [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 11.01.2024

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10.1038/s41587-023-02059-1

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