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Looking at glucose in rat brains October 18, 2010 (My inspiration for this post came from two entirely different types of chemistry blogs. The first is ChemBark. Paul’s recent post on Royce Murray’s aversion to bloggers convinced me that I needed to highlight some research from Analytical Chemistry. The second blog is a newly-found favorite read of mine icanhasscience. In a recent post: Pass Me the Insulin, I’m Glowing Again, Sharon talks about monitoring glucose levels in an enjoyably en-lightening (yes, of course that’s a pun) way. Also, I should note that I blatantly ripped off her really amusing title.) Typical (aka boooooring) glucose monitor. The image above is a way of life for some people. In fact according to the people over in StatisticsLand (or … perhaps it was diabetes.org), around 18 million people in the US have diabetes with 1.6 million new adult cases diagnosed each year. That’s … Continue reading →