David Savastano, Editor01.30.19
The World Health Organisation regards diabetes as a global epidemic. The current global population of diabetics is estimated at 400 million and is set to grow to 500 million by 2020. In the UK alone, there are currently 4 million diabetics and this is expected to grow to 5.5 million by 2020. Currently more than 280,000 people a year are diagnosed with diabetes.
One of the impacts of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy (DR), a disease caused by diabetes. DR is one of the most common causes of blindness in the western world. Most sight loss due to diabetes is preventable if treatment is given early. However, current treatments are prohibitively expensive, highly invasive and present a significant burden to patients and healthcare systems worldwide. Today in many countries, patients are not treated due to the prohibitive cost.
PolyPhotonix is providing an alternative to the present treatments for diabetic retinopathy. Using printed electronics, PolyPhotonix developed the Noctur
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