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Scientists have invented a available patch of algae

American scientists have come up with a subject that aims to make the lives of diabetics easier.

The basis of the patch is alginate – a substance extracted from brown algae. In order to make it, experts have mixed the patch with drugs, and cast in the form of microneedles.

As reported in the composition of the cocktail of drugs included exendin-5 and glucoseoxidase. Both substances due to the presence of the phosphate residue are activated only when a certain level of glucose in response to rising acidity. They, unlike analogue, for a long time in the blood do not dissolve and can a few days to circulate in the body, spending as necessary.

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