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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Scientists have created a prototype drug for type-2 diabetes that could be switched on and off by shining a blue light at a patient’s stomach.
The breakthrough could prevent too much insulin being released — which can cause a dangerous crash in blood sugar levels — and reduce side-effects on the brain and heart.
Researchers at Imperial College London and LMU Munich adapted an existing diabetes drug, a sulphonylurea, to change shape when exposed to blue light in the laboratory and stimulate the release of insulin from pancreatic cells. The supply of insulin halts when the light — which could come from LEDs on the stomach — is switched off.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/heal...by-shining-blue-light-at-stomach-9793097.html
Whatever will they think of next? 😱 🙂
The breakthrough could prevent too much insulin being released — which can cause a dangerous crash in blood sugar levels — and reduce side-effects on the brain and heart.
Researchers at Imperial College London and LMU Munich adapted an existing diabetes drug, a sulphonylurea, to change shape when exposed to blue light in the laboratory and stimulate the release of insulin from pancreatic cells. The supply of insulin halts when the light — which could come from LEDs on the stomach — is switched off.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/heal...by-shining-blue-light-at-stomach-9793097.html
Whatever will they think of next? 😱 🙂
