New Smart Pill Releases Insulin in the Stomach, Could Replace Injections for People with Type 1 Diabetes
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Wearable TechnologiesPublication/Creation Date
February 11 2019Creators/Contributors
Sam Draper (creator)Robert Langer (contributor)
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (contributor)
Koch Institute For Integrative Cancer Research (contributor)
Novo Nordisk (contributor)
Giovanni Traverso (contributor)
Alex Abramson (contributor)
Harvard Medical School (contributor)
Brigham And Women's Hospital (contributor)
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A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard, and Novo Nordisk have developed a new drug capsule that could orally deliver insulin to the stomach, possibly becoming an alternative for injections that people with type 1 diabetes have to administer to themselves every day. The pill contains a needle made of compressed insulin that will inject the user once it enters the stomach.HCI Platform
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Novo NordiskSource
https://www.wearable-technologies.com/2019/02/new-smart-pill-releases-insulin-in-the-stomach-could-replace-injections-for-people-with-type-1-diabetes/Related Objects
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Sam DraperRobert Langer
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Koch Institute For Integrative Cancer Research
Novo Nordisk
Giovanni Traverso
Alex Abramson
Harvard Medical School
Brigham And Women's Hospital
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