Silk sticker is noninvasive way to monitor babies' health

In the neonatal intensive care unit, the most fragile patients in medicine are often the most heavily wired.

Premature babies, some weighing less than a pound, can be tethered to a tangle of cables, monitors and sensors.

Each blood draw to check sugar levels or electrolytes means another needle, another bandage, another moment of stress for an infant whose skin is still forming. ...