Print-at-home glucose tests for diabetics

AUSTRALIAN researchers have printed out saliva-based glucose tests for diabetics that in two to three years might replace finger-prick blood tests.

A NEW saliva-based glucose test created by Australian researchers using a common printer could mean the end of finger-prick blood tests for diabetics.

THE stamp-size strip that a patient would put in their mouth to check the glucose concentration in their saliva could cost as little as one cent each, says Paul Dastoor from the University of Newcastle, who has been working on the project for eight years.