Israel scientists hold trial on first ever insulin pill for Diabetes patients [View all]

Doctors who treat diabetes have made a breakthrough by developing insulin in the form of a tablet. At present, many diabetics have to treat their illness with an insulin injection up to three times a day.

Around a million people in Britain are thought to need insulin injections for a day to survive.

The new insulin pill - the first ever - has been developed by doctors and scientists in the U.S. and Israel. Trials are already under way and results so far show that the tablet works well at delivering insulin into the bloodstream.

Scientists have been trying for years to develop an insulin pill for diabetes, ever since the discovery of the hormone by Canadian doctors, Banting and Best, 80 years ago.

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