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Promising first breaths for insulin inhaler

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Inhaling insulin may sound convenient -- but injecting it is probably still safer and more effective.

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  1. Cefalu,W.T.et al. Inhaled human insulin treatment in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Annals of Internal Medicine 134,203- 207 2001

  2. Skyler,J.S.et al. Efficacy of inhaled human insulin in Type 1 diabetes mellitus: a randomised proof-of-concept study. The Lancet 357,331- 335 2001.

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Lok, C. Promising first breaths for insulin inhaler. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010208-6

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