Many people with chronic conditions successfully manage them with pills. This, however, is not the case for those of us living with Type 1 diabetes.
When first diagnosed I remember being told that the main issue with insulin is that it was a protein, and that as a consequence, it would be digested if taken in oral form. While there has been a number of attempts at alternative methods of delivery, we are still ultimately stuck with shots (or variations like a pump).
This may now be about to change. A group of scientists have combined nanotechnology and magnetism to create a delivery system that is simple, but extremely durable and accurate.
According to an article published in Diabetes Health, “The Boston researchers’ solution is a small implantable device, less than a half inch in diameter, that is placed in a patient’s body. The device contains a drug-filled membrane that is also embedded with nanoparticles of magnetite, a naturally magnetic mineral. The nanoparticles are about 1/100,000th the width of a human hair.”
“The amount of the drug that a patient receives can be controlled by how long the magnetic field is applied. Longer pulses produce higher doses. Theoretically, diabetes patients using such a system would be able to self-administer insulin simply by passing a magnetic field near their implanted drug delivery devices for a set amount of time.”
so wild…I use nanotechnology vitamins
I did feel a difference than the others I was taking…I think the absorption is better….
I wonder how far out we are in getting to try this device…
What about accidental exposure to a magnetic field, particularly for a significant duration of time?
That is good news, even if it takes years to actually make it to market, after decades of injections (from the perspective of the disease itself) diabetics may (finally) have a viable alternative to injections. I was shocked by the comparison of MDI vs. Pump (having gone on to a pump in the last 3 months).
And all the better for the govt. to track us with.