New way to test blood glucose

For anyone who has been exposed to diabetes, either because they suffer from it or have seen a relative suffering from it, here is some good news. A new science project developed by Dr Suman Kapur of BITS Pilani may prove to be the least intrusive regular blood glucose test ever.

Regular blood sugar monitoring requires a diabetic to test his blood often and can prove expensive due to the testing strips that the blood sugar monitoring machine uses. In this new method that Dr Suman kapur has devised this will be a thing of the past.

The finger is pricked and blood is sent via a capillary tube to a cellphone sized blood sugar monitoring machine. It takes 10 seconds to give you a result. Plus it needs 1,000 times less blood than a standard glucometer today. It is also likely to cost less as the need for expensive testing strips is eliminated.

The new device is undergoing final trials and will be hitting the markets by the end of the year. It promises to be more effective and less expensive than current monitors.It is this constant improvement that various science projects bring to our lives that makes the different in human lifestyles.