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AHMEDABAD: Diabetes is generally assessed by the glucose level in bloodstream and one drop of blood is used by special devices for the purpose. While the prick of the needle for the drop of blood scares many, a team has presented an idea of nanoparticles-based test that can reveal if a personis susceptible to diabetes or not in a matter of 30 seconds using just a paper strip.The team consisting of Viral Shukla, Nirav Pandya, Chandramauly Sharma, and Yadvendra Agrawal from the department of microbiology and the department of chemistry at the LJ University recently published the findings in a paper ‘Microfluidic Device for Forensic Body Fluid Examination’ in the Bionanoscience journal of Springer.Prof Agrawal said that while current diagnostics for type 2 diabetes are accurate, their idea was to employ nanotechnology for a replicable test for rapid analysis based on biomarkers for mass screening.“Our saliva has alpha-amylase , an enzyme that works as an indicator of pancreas functioning. Salivary amylase is used in our approach to assess its levels. Higher levels of amylase can thus indicate chances of diabetes,” said Prof Agrawal.Dr Shukla said that they have taken paper strips as an easy medium which a saliva sample.“The paper chip is coated with PMMA (transparent thermoplastic polymer) and gold nanoparticles. As antibodies of amylase are used on the chip, it detects the presence of amylase and its quantity. The reading is given as colouration of paper chip,” she said.“The chips can work with very less samples and can be preserved for long.”“It is a non-invasive test, and with Gujarat having a high number of diabetes and pre-diabetes patients, it can be used as a quick and easy tool to determine whether a person has chances of developing type 2 diabetes. Further studies and field trials will help improve its application,” said Dr Sharma.