A new diabetes test – level 1

20-07-2021 07:00
Australian scientists make a new diabetes test. A diabetes
test checks the level of blood sugar in the body. Blood
sugar gives you energy.
The scientists believe that their test is very special. It
looks like a strip. The test does not hurt. It checks the
blood sugar from saliva.
An enzyme is inside the strip. The enzyme turns the
blood sugar into a signal. A special device reads the
signal. This way to test is different from any other tests.
The test does not use any electronic devices. It uses ink. It
means that it is easy to make the test. People can print it.
It is fast and cheap.
Difficult words: diabetes (a disease when there is too
much or too little blood sugar in the body), saliva (the
water in the mouth which helps people eat
food), enzyme (a material in the body which makes some
things happen faster).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

A new diabetes test – level 2

20-07-2021 07:00

Australian scientists developed a new diabetes test that

finds glucose in saliva. They believed that it was very
exciting, and it was something that people hoped to make
for a long time.
Scientists put an enzyme into a strip, and this enzyme
turns glucose into a signal. A special device can read the
signal, and it shows the level of glucose in the body.
Scientists said that this test would change the way of
making medical tests.
It is very easy and cheap to make the test because people
can print it. There is no electronic device in it, and it
contains only ink. The test is non-invasive, which means
that it is not painful.
Difficult words: glucose (blood sugar), saliva (the water
in the mouth which helps you chew and eat), enzyme (a
substance which helps the body work faster).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

A new diabetes test – level 3

20-07-2021 07:00
Australian scientists say that they´ve developed the ´holy
grail´ of blood sugar testing for diabetics. A non-invasive
strip checks glucose levels through saliva.
Scientists have developed a way
of embedding an enzyme that detects glucose directly
into a transistor, which is a very sensitive amplifier. The
enzyme turns glucose into a signal that the transistor can
detect. The transistor can be manufactured at a low cost
using simple printing techniques because the electronic
materials are all inks.
Scientists believe that this test is going to radically change
the way we think about medical devices and sensors in
particular. At the moment, the test is going to start clinical
trials before it can be manufactured at a large scale.
Difficult words: holy grail (something that people want
very much to have or achieve), embed (to fix firmly and
deeply in a surrounding solid mass), enzyme (a substance
in the body that helps it work), amplifier (an electronic
device that increases the power of a signal).
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