Oral insulin taken as pill or sugar-free chocolate could replace injections for diabetics - study
Scientists have developed a way to provide insulin orally, via a capsule or sugar-free chocolate, and successfully tested it on animals. This new insulin will be ready for human testing in 2025. Roughly 61 million people have diabetes in Europe and between 5 and 10 per cent of them have type 1 diabetes, meaning that they need to take insulin daily to control their blood glucose levels. Some people with the more common type 2 diabetes also need to take insulin. The three most common ways to take insulin are with a syringe, an insulin pen or an insulin pump, according to the International Diabet...