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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61771498, 61901535 and 81970778), Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province for Industrial Applications (No. 2017B090917001), Guangdong Province Key Area R&D Program (No. 2018B030332001), Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China (No. 202102080192), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Nos. 2021A1515012261, 2019A1515012087, 2020A1515010987 and 2020A1515110424) and Key Program of Sun Yat-Sen University (No. 20lgzd14).

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Huang, X., Yang, J., Huang, S. et al. Minimally invasive technology for continuous glucose monitoring. Bio-des. Manuf. 5, 9–13 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42242-021-00176-x

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