{"id":42279,"date":"2020-05-10T10:15:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T14:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=42279"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:54:36","slug":"buse-discusses-the-future-of-insulin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/buse-discusses-the-future-of-insulin\/","title":{"rendered":"Buse Discusses the Future of Insulin"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41116\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 254px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Buse, MD, PhD\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse-1251x1536.jpg 1251w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse-1668x2048.jpg 1668w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse-600x736.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse-301x369.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/john-buse.jpg 2009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">John Buse, MD, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/john-buse-md-phd\/\"><strong>John Buse<\/strong><\/a>, MD, MPH, was interviewed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/endocrinology\/diabetes\/news\/print\/endocrine-today\/%7Bf882a6a3-b486-465c-9cc0-2e3a7c674018%7D\/the-future-of-insulin-pills-patches-weekly-formulation-could-change-diabetes-management?page=5\">Endocrine Today<\/a><\/strong> describing what the future of insulin may look like.<\/p>\n<p>The article recognizes novelty treatments to manage diabetes, including the smart insulin patch that &#8220;leverages chemistry to release insulin in parallel with fluctuations of glucose.\u201d Buse says that if &#8220;successfully translated to human use, it could dramatically reduce the burden of insulin treatment,&#8221; an effort that will require tweaking the formulation to tune it to application in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and then demonstrating safety and effectiveness.\u00a0 He also says he is optimistic that this effort will be successful, but it will take time.<\/p>\n<p>Buse is the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine and chief of the division of endocrinology.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/endocrinology\/diabetes\/news\/print\/endocrine-today\/%7Bf882a6a3-b486-465c-9cc0-2e3a7c674018%7D\/the-future-of-insulin-pills-patches-weekly-formulation-could-change-diabetes-management?page=5\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Buse, MD, MPH, was interviewed by Endocrine Today describing what the future of insulin may look like. 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