Seaweed capsules may lead to an injection-free life for diabetic patients

A microencapsulation method can help to overcome major challenges in pancreatic islet transplantation, say researchers. The microencapsulation method can help to overcome some major challenges in pancreatic islet transplantation, including the scarcity of available islets and the lack of simple and reliable control methods, especially for individual islet assessment. It offers hope to patients suffering from type 1 diabetes to return to a "normal" life, free of insulin injections.