As insulin prices soar, Colorado caps co-pays at $100 for insured residents
Earlier this week (in the emissary section) we wrote about a project in Oakland where people are figuring out how to produce insulin themselves. The project is a testament to the skyrocketing prices of the lifesaving drug as nearly 7.5 million Americans struggle to cover the costs of insulin to 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...
Diabetes: Can we teach the body to heal itself?
In diabetes, the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin, the hormone that is key to regulating levels of blood sugar. New research now asks if we can teach pancreatic cells to address this problem on their Read More...