Macro­mol­e­cules in a pill? Tor­toise-in­spired cap­sule of­fers hope in an ear­ly test de­liv­er­ing in­sulin in­to stom­ach wall

For many di­a­bet­ics, nee­dles that de­liv­er their in­sulin are as cru­cial as taps that run the wa­ter they drink. But a team led by MIT and sci­en­tists from No­vo Nordisk — the world’s biggest in­sulin mak­er — are look­ing to change that. Re­port­ed in Sci­ence, the team has cre­at­ed a blue­ber­ry-sized oral cap­sule that de­liv­ers an in­sulin shot in­side the stom­ach once swal­lowed in rats and swine, and are look­ing to take the work in­to hu­mans in three years.

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