24/03/2011

The research group in Diabetes and Metabolism at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), led by Dr. Rafael Simó, is working on a new method to get diabetics can control their blood glucose without pricking several times a day. Diabetes, which affects 10% of the Spanish population, resulting in an excess of blood glucose in the human body and the solution for people with diabetes can have a normal life happens by providing the body with the proper dose of insulin the pancreas can not create itself.It is therefore important that patients monitor their daily blood glucose levels, and this is done by pricking on the finger several times a day, which becomes a cumbersome process for the patient. For this reason, the diabetes group at VHIR works in a more comfortable and unpainful system, thanks to a sensor, a kind of clamp on the finger through the issuance of a wave that penetrates into the subcutaneous tissue and after a series of mathematical calculations, reports the level of blood sugar. "In the diabetes group at VHIR we don't have systems engineers, the company Sabir Medical invented patented this revolutionary product and we are implementing the clinical development, validating it in real life patients," says Dr. Simó. "We contribute to the improvement of the system, testing it with the diabetic population of Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, compare their results with those provided us with proof of venous blood sample and make what will be a tool that will greatly ease the lives of diabetics."