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Earwax test to measure glucose levels ‘could help those with type 2 diabetes’ 10/12/2020, 7:02 pm
Researchers have said a test that uses earwax to measure glucose levels could allow earlier identification of type 2 diabetes (Peter Byrne/PA)
A test that uses earwax to measure glucose levels could allow earlier identification of type 2 diabetes, scientists have said.
The researchers believe the test, which can be done at home without clinical supervision, may also have the potential to measure Covid-19 antibodies that accumulate in earwax.
They say the method is a cheap and effective way to assess glucose levels in people who might have diabetes.
Embargoed to 1900 Thursday December 10 A test that uses earwax to measure glucose levels could allow earlier identification of type 2 diabetes, scientists have said. The researchers believe the test, which can be done at home without clinical supervision, may also have the potential to measure Covid-19 antibodies that accumulate in earwax. They say the method is a cheap and effective way to assess glucose levels in people who might have diabetes. The scientists claim their device was almost 60% more reliable at measuring chronic glucose levels averaged over a month than an existing gold standard technique . Dr Andres Herane-Vives, of University College London s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, said: It is estimated globally that one in two adults with type 2 diabetes are undiagnosed, and the situation is likely to have worsened during Covid-19 as people may not have undergone screening.