Nano-pills to help diabetic patients
Good news for diabetes patients. A research paper claimed that a neuro pill can be substituted for insulin injections. There are millions of diabetes patients throughout the world, they depend on the painful insulin injections for their survival
PROFESSOR CHANDRA Sharma of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, presented a paper at a biomaterials conference at the University of New South Wales in Sydney recently. What it says is good news for diabetic patients.
His research claimed that a neuro pill can be substituted for insulin injections. There are millions of diabetes patients throughout the world they depend on the painful insulin injections for their survival.
According to Dr Sharma, they have already produced these pills and tested them on rats and pigs. Sharma has found a way to package the insulin in nano-particles so that it is both protected from stomach acids and is able to get through the intestinal wall and into the liver and bloodstream. The nano-particles, which are smaller than 100 nano-metres across, are water-attracting on the inside and water-repelling on the outside. Sharma hopes to develop a nano-insulin pill that people can take twice a day, 40 minutes before breakfast and dinner.
The research has been funded by the Indian government and the technology has recently been transferred to an India-based company.
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