
‘Super enzyme’ checks glucose better for diabetics
Israeli researchers engineer a potentially more accurate, faster substance for measuring blood-sugar levels.
Brian has been a journalist and high-tech entrepreneur for over 25 years. He combines this expertise for ISRAEL21c as he writes about hot new local startups, pharmaceutical advances, scientific discoveries, culture, the arts and daily life in Israel. He loves hiking the country with his family (and blogging about it). Originally from California, he lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.

Israeli researchers engineer a potentially more accurate, faster substance for measuring blood-sugar levels.

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