{
  "id": 11042759,
  "title": "Fluorescent sensors could help researchers see diabetes in action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/fluorescent-sensors-could-help-researchers-see-diabetes-in-action",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-30T22:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-fluorescent-sensors-diabetes-action.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers from the University of Bath have developed fluorescent molecular probes that can detect changes in glucose levels inside living animals, providing a new way to visualize sugar uptake and study diabetes, cancer, and other metabolic diseases in real-time. The interdisciplinary team designed these probes using boronic acids, which selectively bind to sugars, combined with advanced imaging technologies. The probes were able to detect glucose changes in both cultured cells and living zebrafish, with the zebrafish model demonstrating the probes' ability to detect glucose fluctuations caused by insulin deficiency. This development could lead to next-generation tools for investigating metabolic disorders and precision diagnostic technologies.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}