At-home testing for type 1 diabetes in children will be investigated in a new trial led by researchers at the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Center. The Nuffield Department of Medicine’s Centre for Human Genetics is co-leading the study.
Digostics At-Home Type 1 Diabetes Test Trialed In Children For Routine UK NHS Use
Home Test Could ‘Reduce The Burden Of Testing’
Researchers from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Center are testing Digostics’ GTT@home test in children to assess if it offers a better alternative to the clinical gold-standard oral glucose tolerance test.

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