Smart Insulin
April 7, 2015 | Terry Sharrer
Insulin would indeed be “smart,” if it could circulate in the blood stream until precisely needed. This is the aim of a MIT researcher who has modified a long-lasting insulin with a modifier that responds to rising glucose levels. This piece doesn’t say exactly what that modifier is or which transporting protein in blood it adheres to, but it does present an interesting new approach to type 1 diabetes. MORE
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