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Friday 17 Jul 2015 - 08:42 Makkah mean time-1-10-1436
Smart insulin patch (Image from Al Jazeera.net)
North Carolina (IINA) – Researchers at the University of North Carolina, U.S., have successfully tested an experimental patch that could automatically deliver doses of insulin to patients with diabetes.
Insulin is a hormone that is produced by pancreatic beta cells, to regulate glucose uptake into the body cells.
Patients with type I diabetes have deficiency in insulin production in their bodies, while patients with type 2 diabetes their body cells do not respond normally to the insulin.
This study is a joint effort between the University of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
The researchers described the product as "the first smart insulin patch that can detect increases in blood sugar levels and secrete doses of insulin into the bloodstream whenever needed."
They explained that the patch decreases the release of insulin into the body cells in case the blood sugar returns back to normal, according to Al Jazeera.net.
In mice with diabetes, those treated with the smart insulin patch, their blood glucose levels brought under control within 30 minutes, and stayed that way for several hours, according to the study.
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