Checking Blood Sugar from Your Eye May Be in Sight

In a recent pre-clinical trial, new technology was successful in measuring glucose levels by using eye-scanning technology. The scan is painless and non-invasive and takes five minutes to complete.

The animal-based clinical trial involved rabbits and proved to be very accurate with an error margin that was even better than glucose readings derived from the traditional finger-stick tests.

The company that has developed this technology, Freedom Meditech, plans to move forward with additional animal studies and present the findings to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval to test the eye scan in human clinical trials.

If the technology proves reliable and cost-effective, it could become an alternative to finger-stick blood tests. But, if you've followed diabetes research for any length of time, you also know that many non-invasive technologies have shown initial promise only to falter along the way. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.

The press release is available at the Freedom Meditech site.

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