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A new sensor developed by Indian scientists detects low levels of Retinol Binding Protein 4 (RBP4), a biomarker for early diabetes, and could enable earlier detection of the disease. Biomarkers are usually present only in very small concentrations in blood serum, but they can indicate a very early stage of the disease, or predict the possibility of its development, before symptoms occur. Read more