Managing diabetes with injections is challenging. Joining insulin to a skin-penetrating polymer was as effective as shots at regulating blood sugar.

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Now imagine swapping some of that hardware for medicated skin cream that never pokes your skin. That is the vision behind a new Nature study describing a polymer that can haul insulin straight through ...

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A new polymer reported in Nature may mark a turning point for needle-free insulin delivery. Researchers at Zhejiang ...

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