{"id":221624,"date":"2025-09-10T03:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/dont-sweat-it-new-device-detects-sweat-biomarker-at-minimal-perspiration-rate"},"modified":"2025-09-10T03:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:02:23","slug":"dont-sweat-it-new-device-detects-sweat-biomarker-at-minimal-perspiration-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/dont-sweat-it-new-device-detects-sweat-biomarker-at-minimal-perspiration-rate","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t sweat it: New device detects sweat biomarker at minimal perspiration rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/dont-sweat-it-new-device-detects-sweat-biomarker-at-minimal-perspiration-rate.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team at Penn State has developed a novel wearable sensor capable of continuously monitoring low rates of perspiration for the presence of a lactate \u2014 a molecule the body uses to break down sugars for energy. This biomarker can indicate oxygen starvation in the body\u2019s tissues, which is a key performance indicator for athletes as well as a potential sign of serious conditions such as sepsis or organ failure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team at Penn State has developed a novel wearable sensor capable of continuously monitoring low rates of perspiration for the presence of a lactate \u2014 a molecule the body uses to break down sugars for energy. This biomarker can indicate oxygen starvation in the body\u2019s tissues, which is a key performance indicator for athletes [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}