“It’s a quantum leap.”

A group of Scientists I was able to develop one. Smart insulin Which would allow, with one puncture per week, for people who have Type 1 diabetes He can live a normal life.

The newspaper The Guardianwho helped develop the discovery, called it the “holy grail” for people with the disease. It could “radically” change their lives, he said. Ignacio Congueta physician and senior consultant in the Diabetes Unit of the Endocrinology Service at Clinic Hospital, in an interview with The world in RAC1.

He noted that such a drug would represent a “game changer.” modelWhen treating type 1 diabetes.

Although this new drug has not yet passed the “clinical development stages,” the doctor confirmed that “We can be optimistic.“In this sense, he explained that similar products have been presented at European and American conferences for years, but so far none have been launched on the market. This could be commercialized in a few years.

The drugs that exist so far “don’t respond to sugar numbers and only act as a circulating reservoir,” explains Konge.

How does it work?

“The idea of ​​this new smart insulin is that it responds to glucose and sugar numbers at all times,” he explained. The drug makes chemical reaction Specifically, it releases insulin when you need it. And when you don’t need it, it doesn’t. “It’s important to know this, because releasing too much of it into the bloodstream can lead to sugar drops“, detailed.

He sees an injection of this kind as a “wish” that will greatly facilitate the lives of diabetics. In addition, he claimed that if long-term benefits are obtained, Social Security It has to cover it and “the price has to be right.” economic“

Retrieve the interview fromThe World in RAC1 To Ignacio Conguet, Physician and Senior Consultant in the Diabetes Unit of the Endocrinology Service of the Clinica Hospital: