Innovative Pill Attaches to Stomach, Releases Insulin, Makes Diabetics Happy

Inhaled insulin (afrezza) is an option that is appropriate for some patients, but it hasn't caught on very well. A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard, and Novo Nordisk, the world leader in insulin production, have now developed a pill that reliably attaches itself to the walls of the stomach to automatically inject the drug into the bloodstream. The pill, which has already been tested on pigs, features a mechanism that makes sure that after swallowing, its injection needle is positione...

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