insulin nasal spray

Non-Invasive Diabetes Technology: Still Dreaming

By MikeH on November 7, 2012

We’ve seen the sensational headlines over and over: “no more needles for diabetics!”
Maybe soon we’ll be inhaling insulin through our noses. Or rolling it on like a stick of deodorant. Or lapping it up in the form of a wafer on our tongues.
Maybe we’ll be getting non-stop blood sugar readings just by shining a beam of light onto our skin…
Look out! Here come glucose-sensoring tattoos and saliva measurements that promise pain-free BG…

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Insulin Gel Patch and Nasal Spray in the News (Bah, Humbug)

By AmyT on August 31, 2009

New briefs this week: An Australian company that makes “cosmeceuticals” is developing an insulin gel patch in collaboration with the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School. A Japanese company that makes synthetic fabrics is developing an insulin nasal spray with Hoshi University in Tokyo.
Hey, I don’t make this stuff up.  As you well know, these kinds of headlines are either tantalizingly exciting, or disgustingly frustrating, depending on how long you’ve had the ‘betes…

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