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Siren secures strategic funding for its socks that detect diabetic foot ulcers


After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors to detect foot ulcers. Now, her company, Siren,

After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors to detect foot ulcers. About 830 million people worldwide have diabetes, over a third of whom can develop debilitating ulcers in their lifetime, which can lead to severe complications, and even amputations in some cases. He has interviewed Tony Blair, Dmitry Medvedev, Kevin Spacey, Lily Cole, Pavel Durov, Jimmy Wales, and many other tech leaders and celebrities.

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