Could coffee replace insulin injections for diabetics?
by Ian Sample Science editor from Science | The Guardian on (#3SK23)
Scientists have developed an implant which releases diabetes medication when it senses caffeine in the blood
The days of the insulin pen may be numbered. According to researchers in Switzerland, the future of diabetes treatment will not be a shot in the arm after a meal, but a shot of espresso instead.
The scientists hope to transform the lives of diabetics who need regular jabs with an implant that contains hundreds of thousands of designer cells which churn out medicine when they sense caffeine in the bloodstream.
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