A smartphone accessory to ditect diabetes in seconds

• A new device which is intergrated into a smartphone can detect diabetes in a few seconds from the saliva sample of a person.
• This device detects a biological indicator of a possible risk of type-ll diabetes in saliva and can be used in low income populations.
• What makes this development unique is that it is adaptable to cellphones and gives results in a few seconds, avoiding the annoying use of needles.
• In other words a compound is present in saliva , which becomes visible if the patient has diabetes.