Question

at the university of illinois at urbana - champaign, researchers debuted a flexible electronic sensor that can measure blood flow. the device, which can be adhered to the skin like a temporary tattoo, ____ doctors to diagnose diabetes, inflammation, and kidney disease in the future. which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english? choose 1 answer: a could help b to help c would have helped d had helped

Explanation:

This sentence describes a hypothetical future use of the new sensor. The context uses "can be adhered" and "in the future" to indicate a potential, non-past conditional benefit. "Could help" correctly expresses this possible future ability for the device to aid doctors in diagnoses, fitting the standard English tense and context. "To help" would create a grammatically awkward fragment here, "would have helped" refers to an unrealized past scenario, and "had helped" is past perfect tense which does not match the future framing.

Answer:

A. could help