Using Nanotechnology in Diabetes

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Nanotechnology is one of the fastest growing technologies which have number of applications in almost all the fields of sciences. From medicine to rocket science, it finds more and more applications day-by-day. In this short article, we discuss the application of nanotechnology in curing diabetes.

What is nanotechnology? It is a chemical and mechanical technology which is in nano-scale. These nano-scale devices are made of few or more atoms or molecules. Nano-devices can be designed in many ways to perform many functions. Due to the small scale of these devices, they are perfect for dealing with human body as these devices fall in to the same scales as many of the building blocks of human body such as enzymes, tissues, chemicals such as insulin, glucose etc.

There are few approaches made by the nanotechnology to heal diabetes. First one is to change the drug delivery method for diabetes patients. The current method is to inject insulin doze whenever necessary. I think I don’t have to mention the hassle the patients go through when they are supposed to get few injections per day. The new approach would facilitate patients to inhale insulin so it will go down to lungs and then be absorbed to the blood stream. The nanotechnology touched insulin will have the ability to be absorbed by the lungs. So, no more painful injections.

The second approach is to implant a nano-scale devices in the body where they can measure the blood glucose level in the body and let the patient know when the doze is needed and how much. This is quite handy as the patient doesn’t have to go through the conventional blood test to see whether his or her blood sugar level is fine. But unfortunately this does not stop the need of injections.

Anyway, what nanotechnology achieved so far is promising when compared to the current treatments for diabetes. There are so many other nanotechnology approaches to cure and manage diabetes but still in their primary stages. It can be believed that above two methods will be the first success stories of the field.

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• Ryan says:

  July 21, 2008 at 8:55 pm

  I believe some companies have already brought Insulin inhalers to the market. Maybe you can give their names, so that people can check them out. Thanks.

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