Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Insulin Delivery System: Way To Cure Diabetes

Ten years ago, the number of diabetics in the world was 5 times less than the present figure of 143 million; it is probably double by 2030. Hence, the worldwide human population is in the midst of a diabetes epidemic. Diabetes arises when pancreas, the endocrine gland, stop producing sufficient insulin, or when body can't efficiently use the produced insulin. Insulin is a hormone that maintains the blood sugar level by making it to enter the cells where it is used as a fuel. In most of the developed countries, diabetes is the 4th major death cause. Every year, worldwide, above 3 million deaths occur because of diabetes-linked causes. In the absence of proper insulin production and action, blood retains the sugar that leads to an increased level of glucose in blood (h View the rest of this article


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