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Quick, new way to check for diabetes

Shining a light onto the skin could be a new test for checking diabetes.

28-Nov-2018

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AGE or advanced glycation end products, reflect fluorescent light differently to non-glycated proteins.

AGE reader shines a fluorescent light onto the skin and detects what bounces back.

AGE reader has been developed by a Dutch firm called Diagnoptics.

Device needs large trials for getting accepted in the market.

The study eas published in Diabetologia journal.

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Bruce Wolffenbuttel

Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Diabetologia

The journal provides information in the field of diabetes

University of Groningen

Public Research university.

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Diabetes