What if your skin could show a medication’s concentration curve in real time—updated every 5 minutes?
A pilot clinical trial published in Nature Biotechnology (Feb 2026) tested a wearable microneedle patch that continuously measures vancomycin levels in dermal interstitial fluid using electrochemical aptamer-based sensors. The patch was reported as safe and nearly pain-free, captured high-resolution trends, and revealed pharmacokinetic dynamics that sparse blood draws can miss—though sensor degradation limited the most robust analysis to roughly the first ~12 hours.
In this Human 5.0 Project episode, we break down the tech like grown-ups:
What the patch is and how it works (microneedles + aptamer sensors)Why therapeutic drug monitoring today is still “rear-view mirror medicine”The CGM parallel: why continuous trends beat snapshotsThe real limitations (small pilot, drift, healthy volunteers)BONUS (Peptide Future Segment): Could this platform ever monitor peptides/bioregulators?We talk what’s plausible, what’s hard, and why “continuous chemistry monitoring” is the next frontier—without overpromising.
Educational only — not medical advice. Do not self-medicate. For meds, hormones, or peptides, consult a qualified clinician.
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