April 8, 2021
Experimental oral pills auto-release insulin when glucose levels are high
Daily injections of insulin are a hassle for the hundreds of millions of people with diabetes. An oral pill would be much easier to swallow (pun intended), and now researchers from New York University Abu Dhabi have developed a new method for packing insulin into capsules that can survive the trip through the stomach to the bloodstream, and only release their payload when it’s needed.
Tags: Diabetes, Diabetic, Drug, Drugs, Drug delivery, Insulin, Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, New York University, Abu Dhabi