Needle-free insulin injections under the microscope
DRWF Events Coordinator Lee Calladine shares his experience on living with type 1 diabetes in interview feature.
Researchers looking at alternative methods for taking insulin without the need for injections could be close to offering a “game changing” treatment for people living with type 1 diabetes.
Fernandez Rivaz is a Dutch-based researcher leading the EU-funded BuBble Gun research to develop a method to deposit liquids into skin and other soft materials using compression rather than needles.
The BuBble Gun project is a five-year study concluding this year that hopes to offer injection-free to people living with type 1 diabetes.
DRWF Event Coordinator Lee Calladine, who has been living with type 1 diabetes for 25 years, has to inject insulin up to eight times a day and told the journal Horizon he welcomed the development: “I have to rotate my injections. If you inject the same place too often, you damage the tissue and get a lump. And if you then inject into that lump, the insulin won’t get absorbed.”
Read the interview in full in Horizon
I would like to make a regular donation of
I would like to make a single donation of
There are lots of ways to raise money to support
people living with all forms of diabetes.
Bake, Swim, Cycle, Fly ... Do It For DRWF!
Fundraise with us
Recent News
