Executive summary The past six decades have seen remarkable improvements in health
outcomes for people with cystic fibrosis, which was once a fatal disease of infants and young …

Sweat is easily accessible from the human skin's surface. It is secreted by the eccrine glands
and contains a wealth of physiological information, including metabolites and electrolytes …

Wearables are becoming pervasive in our society, but they are still mainly based on physical
sensors with just few optical and electrochemical exceptions. Sweat, amongst other body …

Sweat excretion is a dynamic physiological process that varies with body position, activity
level, environmental factors, and health status. Conventional means for measuring the …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by dysfunction
of the CFTR gene. It is a multisystem disease that most often affects White individuals. In …

RESUMO A fibrose cística (FC) é uma doença genética autossômica recessiva
caracterizada pela disfunção do gene CFTR. Trata-se de uma doença multissistêmica que …

Chloride is an essential electrolyte that maintains homeostasis within the body, where
abnormal chloride levels in biological fluids may indicate various diseases such as cystic …

A self-powered skin patch for the measurement of sweat conductivity is presented. The key
component of the patch consists of a paper battery that is activated upon absorption of …

Chloride in sweat is an important diagnostic marker for cystic fibrosis (CF), but the
implementation of point-of-care systems for diagnosis is hindered by the prohibitive costs of …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common fatal genetic disease of the Caucasian population.
Sweat testing is the principal diagnostic test for CF, and it is used for the evaluation of infants …