Laser device may end finger-prick test in diabetics

[Northerner]

In the study published in the journal Biomedical Optics Express, researchers used a specialised laser to measure blood sugar. This advanced method could allow diabetics to check their condition without pricking themselves to draw blood. The researchers from Princeton University measured blood sugar levels in diabetics using a specialised laser that passes rays through the skin cells without causing any harm. It is partially absorbed by sugar molecules present in the blood which helps in detecting the level of sugar in the blood.

For the experiment, the researchers used a device having quantum cascade laser to measure blood sugar level of three healthy people before and after they each ate 20 jellybeans, which raise blood sugar levels. The researchers also checked the measurements with a finger-prick test. They conducted the measurements repeatedly over several weeks.

http://www.thehealthsite.com/news/l...evice-may-end-finger-prick-test-in-diabetics/

 

[Sally71]

My daughter would love anything that meant she didn't have to prick her fingers!

I'm sure all of you would too... 🙄

 

[HOBIE]

I hope them there "Boffins"keep going ! Would be good 😎

 

[bill hopkinson]

So they had continuously to eat 20 jelly babies over several weeks?

And how many of them were developing diabetes at the end of that time?

 

[KookyCat]

I'd like this very much, I hit a gusher at lunch time and now have a delightful finger long bruise, the godson admitted he'd been "fiddling" with my jabber, it was on the longest setting 😱