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Published online 7 November 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011108-7
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Bacteria make bandage glow
A microelectronic sensor may alert doctors to bacterial hazards.
Smart bandages could soon alert doctors to the presence of certain bacteria in a wound by glowing different colours. Researchers in the United States have created a tiny device that emits faint light of two colours in response to two types of bug1.
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