Getting a grip on diabetes: Aptitude device gets fast track status for clinical trials
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- Erika Martin Author
By Erika Martin Friday, October 24th, 2014
Aptitude creates a special type of molecule called an aptamer, which it is using to develop a first-of-its-kind hand-held device that measures insulin concentrations in real-time and can diagnose pre-diabetes. The government’s interest in furthering such research is unsurprising as diabetes affects more than 9 percent of Americans.