There is a trial being conducted at 14 medical centers around the US. Researchers are testing oral insulin to see if it can prevent type 1 diabetes in people at risk for the disease.
An earlier trial suggested that oral insulin might delay type 1 diabetes for about four years in some people with islet cell autoantibodies in their blood. Some scientists think that introducing insulin via the digestive tract induces tolerance, which is a quieting of the immune system.
Previous trials like this suggested that oral insulin could delay the onset of type 1 diabetes for …read more