Thursday, 22 June 2023

Insulin grown in lettuce can be taken orally

Insulin grown in lettuce can be taken orally

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to harvest insulin grown in lettuce — and unlike today’s synthetic insulin, this kind wouldn’t require any painful injections. The challenge: Our bodies use the hormone insulin to convert sugar in our blood into energy. People with type 1 diabetes make little to no insulin naturally, so they have to inject synthetic insulin, and some people with type 2 need insulin shots, as well.

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