Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Diabetics - No More Finger Pricks


Northeastern University Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Heather Clark, and her team have developed a unique diabetes blood test that requires no finger pricks.

In the near future, by using an iPhone, a glucose-sensing dye and a special light, monitoring blood-sugar levels could be a painless procedure for diabetics.

Shared with:  the healthy home economist