Researchers develop materials for oral delivery of insulin medication
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A revolutionary technology developed within the Trabolsi Research Group at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) could dramatically improve the wellbeing of diabetic patients: an insulin oral delivery system that could replace traditional subcutaneous injections without the side effects caused by frequent injections.
Using prepared layers of nanosheets with insulin loaded in between layers to protect it, the researchers developed gastro-resistant imine-linked-covalent organic framework nanoparticles (nCOFs) that exhibited insulin protection in the stomach as well in diabetic test subjects whose sugar levels completely returned to normal within two hours after swallowing the nanoparticles. Led by NYUAD s Research Scientist Farah Benyettou and Program Head of Chemistry Ali Trabolsi, the findings were published today in Chemical Science.
Reversing diabetes: Taupō family weighs in
2 Feb, 2021 12:09 AM
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Before and After. Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Taupo helped David and Corena Adie to embrace a healthy lifestyle and to reverse David s diabetes. Photo / Supplied by Corena Adie
On Monday January 18, Corena Adie got an unexpected phone call.
It was Dr Glen Davies from Taupō Medical Centre ringing to tell her that husband David Adie s type 2 diabetes had reversed. While experts differ over whether diabetes can be reversed or cured, or simply put into remission, a Newcastle University study led by Professor Roy Taylor in 2011 showed that putting people with Type 2 diabetes on a low-calorie diet meant some could reverse their diabetes.