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Insulin patch for diabetics

09.07.2015

People with diabetes will be able to forget about painful injections.

Nicotine patch? There is. Contraceptive patch? There is. What about insulin? It may soon become a reality. Scientists at North Carolina State University have created a coin-sized patch that delivers insulin in response to changes in blood sugar levels.

This smart patch, which consists of hundreds of needles the size of a human eyelash, could in the future play the role of a glucometer and at the same time replace the painful injections that people with diabetes sometimes have to do several times a day. The feeling of using the patch can be compared to a mosquito bite. The invention was tested on type XNUMX diabetic mice and proved to be effective for nine hours.

However, before people can use such a patch, a lot of work needs to be done. The researchers hope that their invention will be on the market within two to three years.

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