A scientific team including chemists, pharmacists and polymers experts from the United States and China created a dose Insulin “Smart” to treat patients DiabetesAfter being successfully tested on mice and guinea pigs, this dose was able to control blood sugar levels for periods of up to a week after receiving it.
and polymers They are long chains of molecules formed by the linking of small molecules called monomers, and usually contain carbon and other elements.
It is known that type 1 diabetes is due to a deficiency in the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas into the blood, and its treatment requires following a specific diet and receiving regular doses of insulin. Many diabetics inject themselves with insulin daily, but they suffer from problems due to skin hardening from frequent injections over time.
According to the study published in the scientific journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, the research team from Zhejiang University of China and the University of North Carolina in America created an insulin dose that can interact with certain elements inside the human body, allowing insulin to be maintained in the blood at the required level over a long period of time. the time.
Natural capsule
The research team explained that the new insulin dose contains acids and chemical additives that interact with chemicals in the blood, so that the insulin is kept inside a natural polymer capsule, and is secreted naturally according to the amount of glucose in the blood.
The researchers found that after obtaining the smart dose, insulin is automatically secreted into the blood whenever necessary, such as after finishing a meal, for example.
The researchers believe that these results are promising for treating type 1 diabetes, and they stated, according to the Medical Express website, which specializes in medical research, that they will continue testing the smart dose of insulin on experimental animals, and will move on to testing it on humans if the positive results continue.
