New insulin replacement technologies: overcoming barriers to tight glycemic control.
New insulin analogues act more quickly, allowing better postprandial glycemic control and making intensive control easier. New methods of delivering insulin, notably inhaled insulin, will soon provide alternatives to painful injections. Improved glucose sensors may eventually make an artificial pancreas possible.
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004333:Drug Administration Routes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D007332:Insulin Infusion Systems / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D019397:Pancreas, Artificial