[acb-diabetics] daily insulin injections may be a thing of the past

[Patricia LaFrance-Wolf]

This article originally posted 28 July, 2010 and appeared in  

Medication, 

Issue 532

 

Daily Insulin Shots May Be a Thing of the Past

 

That daily shot of insulin may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists at
the National Immunology Institute in New Delhi, India, have developed a new
form

of insulin which could maintain normal blood sugar levels for over 120
days....

 

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Dr. Avadhesha Surolia, Director of the National Institute of Immunology and
Professor of Biophysics, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of
Science,

stated that the insulin currently available can work for a maximum of 18
hours, forcing diabetes patients to take at least one injection daily to
sustain

their sugar levels.  With this new product, they can now restrict their
shots to once every four months. 

 

Dr. Surolia said the new product, which has been tested successfully in
animals, was based on the principles of "protein folding," and could release
insulin

molecules in a controlled and sustained manner for over 120 days.

 

"The just above basal level of human insulin released in a sustained manner
has been found to be effective in not only controlling the upsurge in the
level

of blood glucose after meals, but also in preventing the dreaded early
morning hypoglycemia, which is caused by low glucose levels," he said. 

 

The team has already patented the technology and transferred it to a
US-based company for fine-tuning and clinical trials, and the product is
likely to

be in the market in about six years.

 

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