WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - July 6, 2015) -Miraculins Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MOM) ("Miraculins" or the "Company"), a medical diagnostic company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing diagnostic tests and risk assessment technologies for unmet clinical needs, is pleased to announce that four abstracts featuring Scout® as a tool for the measurement of skin intrinsic fluorescence (SIF), a marker for pre-diabetes and diabetes, were presented at the recent 75th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) from June 5-9 in Boston, MA. The ADA Scientific Sessions bring together scientists and health care professionals from around the world who are involved in diabetes research and care.
All four of the abstracts, presented as either posters or oral presentations, were as a result of investigator initiated studies where the Scout® was selected by leading academic and scientific experts as the device of choice for studies in the flourishing field of research related to skin advanced glycated end products (AGEs) and their role in diabetes.
"It is gratifying to see the Scout® embraced by leaders in the diabetes research community and for the device to be playing an essential role in their pioneering work," said John Maynard, Vice President of Scout® Technology for Miraculins and an inventor of the Scout®. "These new presentations add to the growing body of clinical data that supports the association of fluorescent biomarkers in the skin, including AGEs, with impaired glucose tolerance and the diabetic condition, and demonstrating the capabilities of the Scout® in characterization and measurement of these biomarkers."
The ADA abstracts which included the Scout® are as follows:
Poster Presentations
- Meta-GWAS Identifies a Second Locus Associated with Skin Intrinsic Fluorescence, PI A. Patterson, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON (#1742-P)
- Serum Protein Glucosepane and Skin Intrinsic Fluorescence Are increased in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes, PI RA. Gubitosi-Klug, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (#1412-P)
- Skin Advanced Glycation End Products (AGE) Fluorescence Identifies Abnormal Glucose Tolerance Independent of Levels of HbA1c and Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (sRAGE) PI V. Mohan, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialties Centre, Chennai, India (#1566-P)
Oral Presentations
- Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs) Are Already Elevated in Obese Children at Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) PI S. Chalew, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA (#68-OR)
About Miraculins Inc.
Miraculins is a medical diagnostic company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-invasive technologies for unmet clinical needs. The Company's Scout® device has been regulatory cleared in certain markets both as a clinical tool to assist in the identification of both prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, and is the first non-invasive testing system designed to provide a highly sensitive and convenient method for measuring prediabetes/type 2 diabetes related biomarkers in the skin, the accumulation of which are accelerated by abnormal blood sugar levels and oxidative stress. Unlike current testing methods, a Scout® test requires no blood draw, no fasting, and no waiting for a lab result. The product has been used and validated in thousands of patients around the world. For more information visit www.miraculins.com.
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