Maintaining the right amount of insulin necessary to regulate the body's blood-sugar is a tiresome task for sufferers of type 1 diabetes, and often involves a delicate balancing act to keep them at healthy levels. A new smart insulin developed at MIT promises to make living with the disease much more manageable, proving capable of remaining in the blood stream before reacting to changes in blood-sugar levels... Continue Reading MIT's smart insulin stays in the blood and responds to changes in sugar levels
Section: Medical
Tags: Blood, Diabetes, Insulin, MIT
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