Short Communication
Diabetes Treatment by Nanotechnology
Ritika Gupta*Department of Biotechnology, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, (MIET) Meerut, India
- Corresponding Author:
- Ritika Gupta
Department of Biotechnology
Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, (MIET) Meerut
India
Tel: +7060134245
E-mail: guptaritika.27@rediffmail.com
Received date: August 20, 2017; Accepted date: August 29, 2017; Published date: September 05, 2017
Citation: Gupta R (2017) Diabetes Treatment by Nanotechnology. J Biotechnol Biomater 7:268. doi:10.4172/2155-952X.1000268
Copyright: © 2017 Gupta R. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Abstract
Nanotechnology is increasing importance in diabetics’ research in the recent decade. It is a field that involves nanomaterials, nanostructures, nanoparticle design and their applications in humans etc. It also provides more accurate information for diagnosing diabetes mellitus. Nanotechnology has enhanced drug delivery to those areas which were unfavorable for macromolecules. It is offering new implantable sensing technologies thus providing accurate medical information. The combination of nanotechnology and medicine has created a new field “nanomedicine” to enhance human health care. Some of the applications of nanotechnology in treating diabetes mellitus are artificial pancreas, instead of pancreas transplantation use of artificial beta cells, for oral delivery of insulin use of nanospheres as biodegradable polymeric carriers etc. In this study, applications of nanotechnology in treating diabetes mellitus are discussed.
