Insulin “made in cow”: is the future of anti-diabetes drugs a cow?
One cow, ten hundred. A small herd could produce all the insulin in a country, surpassing current production methods based on transgenic yeasts and bacteria.
One cow, ten hundred. A small herd could produce all the insulin in a country, surpassing current production methods based on transgenic yeasts and bacteria.
Diabetics patients could soon say goodbye to daily injections thanks to icodec, an extended-release insulin that is as effective as the daily one.
Science takes a step forward in treating diabetes: Insulin can be grown in lettuce and taken orally.
Innovative research discovers how stomach cells can become insulin "producers", eradicating diabetes in tests on mice.
The device, small and comfortable to wear, completely replaces the pancreas and can change the lives of patients.
Researchers developing insulin tablets have made a groundbreaking discovery that could replace the need for daily injections.
The reprogramming of patients' pancreatic cells has brought important first results, allowing patients with diabetes to produce insulin again.
Scientists have developed a new way to treat and even prevent type 1 diabetes in mice - new hope for patients.
The WHO estimates the number of diabetics in the world at around 285 million (last year's data): this is almost 6% of the adult population. This translates (for type 1 diabetics and for 27% of type 2 diabetics) into the obligation to take daily insulin injections, which are uncomfortable and annoying. For some time, researchers have been trying to develop a form of insulin to be taken orally: a difficult undertaking, given that this protein is literally destroyed by ... Read more
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