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A wearable patch for continuous levodopa monitoring in sweat: Towards exertion and power-free pharmacodynamic assessment in Parkinson’s disease

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 32, August 2026. SignificanceEffective management of Parkinson’s disease (PD) requires dynamic adjustment of levodopa dosing. Current approaches rely on subjective symptom reporting and infrequent blood sampling. We introduce here a soft, fingertip-mounted wearable ...

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