Compugen Ltd. announced today the discovery and experimental confirmation of a genetic marker for type 2 diabetes.  A predisposition marker is of particular value in type 2 diabetes since lifestyle plays an important role in the disease.  Following diagnosis, those at high-risk might benefit from more aggressive management either through...

Freedom Meditech says it has successfully tested a new way to measure blood sugar levels via the eyes, according to a company press release. It hopes this method will provide a painless way to test blood sugar and one day replace finger sticks. The study is in the pre-clinical stage and has so far only been tested on rabbits. The eye-scanning...