MIT Creates Insulin Pill; Could Eliminate Injections For Diabetes

A team of scientists led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has looked to Africa's leopard turtle to create a potentially revolutionary oral "pill" that delivers insulin through the stomach lining of patients suffering from Type-2 diabetes. People afflicted with that form of diabetes usually require multiple needle injections of insulin a day to counteract dangerous levels of sugar that build up in their bodies. The new pill may completely eliminate such injections, which are often pai

A team of scientists led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has looked to Africa's leopard turtle to create a potentially revolutionary oral "pill" that delivers insulin through the stomach lining of patients suffering from Type-2 diabetes. People afflicted with that form of diabetes usually require multiple needle injections of insulin a day to counteract dangerous levels of sugar that build up in their bodies. The new pill may completely eliminate such injections, which are often pai…