‘Painful’ pinpricks may soon be history for diabetics

Researchers have said that they are one step closer to developing an oral treatment for diabetes.

According to scientists at the University of Tokyo, they have developed a compound they named AdipoRon, which is capable of mimicking the effects of the hormone, News.com.au reported.

According to Toshimasa Yamauchi, a member of the research team and lecturer at the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Tokyo, AdipoRon could become “a lead compound” in a possible oral treatment for diabetes .

The study finding has been published online in journal Nature. (ANI)