Delivering insulin in a skin cream

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Scientists in Japan have developed a way to administer insulin to patients through the skin. Such a method avoids one of the problems associated with injections and oral administration in which a drug?s concentration is reduced as it passes through the digestive system. It would also be a more pleasant experience for patients.
Masahiro Goto from Kyushu University in Fukuoka and SO Pharmaceutical Corporation in Kobe, and colleagues, prepared a capsule loaded with insulin that is able to penetrate the skin with its cargo.

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/07/delivering-insulin-skin-cream
 
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