Tear Drops May Rival Blood Drops in Testing Blood Sugar in Diabetes

[Northerner]

Scientists are reporting development and successful laboratory testing of an electrochemical sensor device that has the potential to measure blood sugar levels from tears instead of blood -- an advance that could save the world's 350 million diabetes patients the discomfort of pricking their fingers for droplets of blood used in traditional blood sugar tests. Their report appears in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109111532.htm

 

[margie]

Does this mean we would have to learn to cry on demand ?

 

[Steff]

Does this mean we would have to learn to cry on demand ?

Theres a few in here who have gold medals in that talent .All i have to do it watch Bambi and im gone

 

[FM001]

Remember reading about this possibly 5 years ago, great news that they are a step nearer to achieving this.