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An Australian-led team of researchers has developed a nanotechnology-based system which could deliver insulin orally instead of by injection. Worldwide an estimated 425 million people live with diabetes and about 75 million inject themselves with insulin daily. According to the new study in Nature Nanotechnology, the nano-scale material acts like a coating to surround individual […]

Geologists have shed new light on Earth's built-in thermostat. They say shifting tectonic plates that slowed volcanic activity is likely what caused the extreme ice age that turned the planet into a giant snowball over 700 million years ago.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: glacier, Carbon Dioxide, volcano, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide

Researchers who’ve developed an oral insulin that has proven effective at reducing blood glucose and avoiding hypoglycemia in mice, rats, and baboons are set to take their drug to human clinical trials as soon as 2025. They’re hopeful it’ll be available to all in a few years.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Insulin, Diabetes, Diabetic, University of Sydney