Loss of animal insulin in Canada highlights how patients can be left behind

Patients who need older, unprofitable medications can be overlooked by the pharmaceutical industry and federal drug regulator ...

An implant under the skin could replace insulin injections

A small device implanted just beneath the skin, roughly the size of a large postage stamp and weighing about two grams, kept ...
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Replacing animal products with plant-based foods—even ultra-processed—leads to weight loss and improved insulin sensitivity in people with type 1 diabetes

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Replacing animal products with plant-based foods, even ultra-processed ones, leads to weight loss and improved insulin sensitivity in people with type 1 diabetes, according to new ...
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Insulin development and commercialization earns Historic Chemical Landmark designation

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2023 — Diabetes used to be a death sentence, killing people by disrupting sugar metabolism. But in 1922, University of Toronto researchers and doctors successfully treated a boy ...