insulin

Insulin pills may soon replace daily injections

For more than 100 years, scientists have pursued the idea of insulin in pill form, often described as a "dream"…

1 week ago

How cellular quality control contributes to insulin resistance related to type 2 diabetes

Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have revealed critical insights into how impaired mitochondrial dynamics and quality control mechanisms in…

11 months ago

Oral insulin drops offer relief for diabetes patients

Diabetes rates continue to rise, with 11.7 million Canadians living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. At UBC, scientists have created a…

2 years ago

Study shows liraglutide results in increased insulin sensitivity independent of weight loss

A new study published in the journal Diabetes demonstrates that a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist, a member of a…

2 years ago