Several short-term and long-term clinical trials have shown that the addition of pramlintide to preexisting insulin therapy improved postprandial and overall glycemic control (hemoglobin A 1c levels) ...

For more than a century, oral insulin has been considered a "dream" therapy for diabetes, hindered by enzymatic degradation ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University have developed a new peptide-based technology that enables insulin—normally injected—to be taken orally while still powerfully lowering blood sugar. Their ...

For the millions of people living with diabetes, insulin is a life-saving drug. Unlike many other medicines, though, insulin cannot be easily delivered by swallowing a pill -- it needs to be injected ...