# More interesting ways to bring insulin into the body

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/more-interesting-ways-to-bring-insulin-into-the-body/6579>\
**Category:** D-News\
**Tags:** insulin, research\
**Created:** [February 13, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/more-interesting-ways-to-bring-insulin-into-the-body/6579 "2019-02-13T18:25:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/more-interesting-ways-to-bring-insulin-into-the-body/6579/1 "2019-02-13T18:25:01Z")

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The article discusses two teams. One, at MIT and Harvard, uses pills and micro-needles injecting into the stomach. The other one, at UCSD, is quite intriguing: it uses nanotech to deliver its vehicle to the small intestine using weird bubble propulsion…

[https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/07/692331050/avoiding-the-ouch-scientists-working-on-ways-to-swap-the-needle-for-a-pill/](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/07/692331050/avoiding-the-ouch-scientists-working-on-ways-to-swap-the-needle-for-a-pill/)

The first team is working with Novo Nordisk. But I feel that both are unlikely to see therapeutic applications in the near future. Still, interesting 🙂