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A pill that will someday literally jet propel insulin into the stomach lining is now announced by Chinese bioengineers.  The multilayered ingestible starts with a magnesium core that vigorously bubbles when exposed to stomach acid.  A layer of insulin is electrostatically coated on the core and is, in turn, covered with an outer covering of esterified starch the governs the controlled release of the insulin.  The pill micro fragments penetrate not only the stomach linings but travel further into the intestines permitting blood glucose control for at least 5 hours.

 

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.2c07953

 

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