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Could Peptide-Insulin Mixture Unlock the Prospect of Oral Diabetes Therapy? April 28, 2021 The results of research by a team of scientists at Kumamoto University in Japan could feasibly provide the foundation for developing orally administered forms of insulin that would free diabetes patients from daily injections. The team’s studies first found that L-DNP peptide, a small intestine-permeable cyclic peptide originally used as an insulin additive to improve absorption into the small intestine, lowers blood glucose levels in mice. They then demonstrated that insulin can be administered orall...

Saturday 13 March 2021 Tokyo - In March 2011, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Japan’s northeast coast, causing a deadly tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown. AFP’s Tokyo bureau mobilised quickly, and journalists have spent years reporting from the affected Tohoku region. A decade after the disaster, which left around 18,500 people dead or missing, AFP journalists returned to the area to report a series of stories ahead of the anniversary.   Picture taken by a Miyako City official on March 11, 2011 (AFP / Jiji Press) Four of the journalists involv...