A future without needles: non-invasive glucose measurements in patients with diabetes: Diabetes technology

Andreas L. Birkenfeld; Vasilis Ntziachristos

doi:10.1038/s42255-025-01221-0

A future without needles: non-invasive glucose measurements in patients with diabetes: Diabetes technology

Andreas L. Birkenfeld
, Vasilis Ntziachristos

Chair of Biological Imaging

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Optical measurements through the skin are challenging because they usually represent averages across the various layers of skin that are illuminated. A study in Nature Metabolism uses a depth-selective variant of Raman spectroscopy to probe glucose levels specifically in the skin vasculature, and thereby achieves improved glucose sensing in humans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-248
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Metabolism
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01221-0
State	Published - Feb 2025

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