Researchers Develop Oral Insulin Tablet

Date: 03 September 2022 - 21:31

News ID: ۱۰۶۴۹۵

VANCOUVER (Dispatches) -- Scientists have found that insulin from the latest version of their oral tablets is absorbed by rats in the same way that injected insulin is.
University of British Columbia researchers report that exciting results indicate that they are on the right track in developing an insulin formulation that will no longer need to be injected before every meal, improving the quality of life, as well as mental health, of more than nine million Type 1 diabetics around the world .
The principal investigator of the study , professor Dr. Anubhav Pratap-Singh, explains the inspiration behind the search for a non-injectable insulin comes from his diabetic father who has been injecting insulin 3-4 times a day for the past 15 years.
Dr. Pratap-Singh’s team developed a different kind of tablet that isn’t made for swallowing, but instead dissolves when placed between the gum and cheek.