New Diabetes Test Could Utilize Tears To Measure Glucose Levels Instead Of Blood | Salud Visual 2.0 | Scoop.it
From www.huffingtonpost.com - July 28, 2013 11:59 PM

First Posted: 11/11/2011 4:03 pm Updated: 01/11/2012 5:12 am 

Published in the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, the researchers tested 12 rabbits and discovered the glucose level in tears correlated with the rabbits' blood sugar levels.

The University of Michigan research team is not alone. MSNBC reports Jeffrey LaBelle, a biomedical engineer at Arizona State University, has collaborated with the Mayo Clinic to develop tear glucose monitoring technology with a simple device. The aim is to produce a sensor you touch to the white of your eye. After five seconds, you then press into a device for a reading of your glucose levels.

Diabetes is a disease where people have too much sugar in their blood because of resistance to insulin or the inability to make insulin via the pancreas.

Some diabetics are required to take up to 10 finger prick tests per day to determine accurate blood sugar levels, so the new study provides hope for those looking for an alternative, accurate, bloodless and pain-free test.