The end of injections for diabetics? Smart patch can automatically release insulin into the bloodstream Smart patch is a thin square no bigger than a penny When it detects increases in blood sugar levels, secretes doses of insulin The patch - a thin square no bigger than a penny - is covered with more than one hundred tiny needles, each about the size of an eyelash. The study, which is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the new, painless patch could lower blood glucose in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes for up to nine hours. 'We have designed a patch for diabetes that works fast, is easy to use, and is made from nontoxic, biocompatible materials,' said co-senior author Zhen Gu. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3135298/The-end-injections-diabetics-Smart-patch-automatically-release-insulin-bloodstream.html#ixzz3dqqC1WqN Ravi
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