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Apple\u00a0has hired a group of biomedical researchers to work on a secret project to monitor diabetic patients using sensors, according to a CNBC report<\/a>.<\/p>\n An estimated 371 million people have the disease worldwide and in the last few years, several tech companies have been trying to come up with better solutions to help those afflicted. Virta\u00a0is a newly launched startup tackling type 2 diabetes that promises to completely cure patients by remotely monitoring<\/a> behaviors. Livongo Health is another startup in the Bay Area that just raised $52.5 million<\/a> to launch its blood sugar monitoring product.<\/p>\n Normally, patients monitor their glucose by pricking themselves to get a blood sample so not having to do that any more would be a real game-changer. One person told CNBC Apple is developing optical sensors that shine a light through the skin to measure glucose.<\/p>\n However, others have tried to come up with technology to bypass pricking\u00a0before and it\u2019s proven tough to do. Alphabet\u2019s life science company Verily has also tried to take on the disease with a smart contact lens\u00a0that measures blood glucose levels through the eye but some<\/a> reports<\/a> suggest the now three-year-old project isn\u2019t going well.<\/p>\n But Apple\u2019s project has been going on for at least five years, according to the report, and is now to the point where it\u2019s ready to conduct feasibility trials. Apple has also reportedly hired consultants to help it jump through the inevitable regulatory hoops as well.<\/p>\n The team is said to be made up of Johny Srouji, Apple\u2019s senior vice president of hardware technologies and possibly 30 other people \u2014 at least a dozen of whom could have come from a frenzy of hires<\/a> Apple made from the biomedical field, including companies like ZONARE, Vital Connect, Sano and Medtronic.<\/p>\n While we can\u2019t confirm details of the project with Apple (we\u2019ve reached out but have not heard back yet), it would fit well with one of the company\u2019s earlier visions. Steve Jobs believed Apple would one day be at the intersection of technology and biology, according to Walter Isaacson\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>biography\u00a0of him. The Apple Watch is already there, counting steps, calories burned, taking our heart rate and other biological measures.\u00a0Add on a sensor you can take with you wherever you go and able to detect glucose levels without drawing blood and you\u2019ve officially transformed an entire industry.<\/p>\n Featured Image: Tetra Images<\/a>\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/applebite.jpg?w=680\")
Apple\u00a0has hired a group of biomedical researchers to work on a secret project to monitor diabetic patients using sensors, according to a CNBC report. An estimated 371 million people have the disease worldwide and in the last few years, several tech companies have been trying to come up with better solutions to help those afflicted. Virta\u00a0is a newly launched startup tackling type 2 diabetes… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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