AI And Radar: The Future Of Noninvasive Blood Sugar Monitoring?

The "wish list", or holy grail for diabetics who prick their finger several times a day to measure their blood sugar usually involves two things: a way to check their blood sugar without painful finger pricks, and taking a pill instead of an insulin shot. Work is continuing on both fronts, with oral insulin still elusive--but progressing with a recent trial by New York-based Oramed Pharmaceuticals, as well as oral insulins under testing by Diabetology and Diasome. The advent of the artificial pancreas, integrating wireless monitoring of blood sugar via a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) with an embedded needle in the skin is now available, including such systems as the Freestyle Libre, a flash glucose monitoring system by Abbott. But this wish list may be edging closer to reality, in at least one of the two categories, thanks to the use of AI and radar technology that may allow noninvasive measurement of blood sugar. Based on the results of a recent study, researchers at the University of Waterloo used AI and radar technology to measure and detect changes in blood glucose without the need for painful finger pricks.