Promising results seen in rats, human trials next on the agenda.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed an insulin tablet that can be taken orally and works just like the injectable, paving the way for a revolutionary treatment method for diabetes patients, aThe treatment of diabetes was made possible by Canadian surgeon Fredrick Banting who was the first to isolate insulin in the year 1921. Since then, diabetes has been treated with insulin injections, taken up to four times daily.
UBC researchers have now developed oral tablets that match the availability rate of injected insulin.that dissolves between the gums and the cheek in the mouth. The pill takes advantage of the mucosal membrane, a thin membrane found in the lining of the inner cheek and behind the lips.This membrane enables direct insulin delivery to the liver, bypassing the stomach altogether.
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