Scientists use sea snail venom to make new faster and safer type of insulin
Insulin has been saving lives since the first diabetes sufferers were injected with it in the 1920s, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. That is the attitude with which a group of scientists from the University of Utah has embarked on the quest to make diabetes treatment Read More...
This insulin-releasing implant could allow diabetics to ditch needles
Imagine a device that lets people with diabetes use an app or remote control to give themselves a boost of insulin when they need it, without an injection. Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a prototype device that can do just that, using electrical jolts to control gene expression in Read More...
“Living drug factories” produce insulin from inside the body
For type 1 diabetics, regular injections of insulin are an unfortunate reality of life, necessary to keep their blood sugar levels in check in lieu of a healthy pancreas. Scientists at MIT have developed a new type of implantable cell that could handle the heavy lifting by overcoming rejection by Read More...
“Smart bandage” to significantly improve the healing process of chronic wounds
Chronic skin wounds from diabetes, burns, and other medical conditions can overwhelm the regenerative capabilities of the skin and often lead to persistent infections, and even amputations. Treating these wounds properly can be extremely difficult and tend to be quite costly too, but a new type of Read More...
Yale scientists discover potential off-switch for type-2 diabetes
At Yale University, scientists have been studying how fasting can drive the onset of type-2 diabetes. From this research, the scientists have unearthed a novel way of intervening and switching off the process that leads to type-2 diabetes. The research is described in a pair of studies published by Read More...
Novel AI device tests blood sugar levels in diabetics without the painful needle
Tracking sugar levels in the blood is crucial for monitoring diabetic patients, but current methods to measure glucose require needles and repeated finger-pricks throughout the day. Now patients may no longer need to use such unpleasant tests. Instead, they can rely on off-the-shelf noninvasive Read More...
Trying to control blood sugar levels? These 16 superfoods will help do the trick
Anyone who lives with type 2 diabetes or is actively trying to prevent it is constantly trying to keep their blood sugar in balance. It’s a tricky business sometimes, as some people respond to foods differently than others. There are, however, some superfoods that almost everyone responds well to Read More...
Compound found in tomatoes could offer a new way in treating diabetes
Tomatoes have long been hailed as a great source of vitamins and fiber, but that's not all they offer. In particular, there's one compound found in the fruit – yes, tomatoes are technically fruits – called lycopene that has been linked to many health benefits, including reducing the risk of Read More...
As insulin prices soar, biohackers are working together to make it themselves
Globally, there are millions of people with diabetes that don’t have access to insulin. In the US, many patients have to ration the vital drug due to soaring prices, the average of which has nearly tripled between 2002 and 2013. Interestingly enough, there a group of biohackers that have Read More...
Scientists invented an insulin pill for diabetes patients
At the moment, people living with type 1 diabetes have to personally inject themselves with insulin by pricking themselves with a needle. It’s a daily procedure that’s annoying, painful, and absolutely necessary to avoid medical complications. With that in mind, scientists from MIT set out to Read More...