AI-powered eye test ‘could become screening tool for all diabetics’

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal said that by 2050, some 1.3 billion people will have diabetes – more than double the 529 million cases in 2021.

The machine will scan nerves at the front of the eye to detect damage caused by a complication of diabetes (University of Liverpool/PA)

Scientists are developing a test that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a major complication of diabetes in the hope it could become a standard screening tool for those living with the condition.

Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Manchester Metropolitan University are tweaking equipment currently used by high street optometrists to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).