#Pills

Joseph Shavit

Jun 11, 2022

Yale researchers develop pill that prevents type 1 diabetes

A new oral medication treats diabetes and controls insulin levels while simultaneously reversing the inflammatory effects of the disease.

Joseph Shavit

May 9, 2022

Candy-coated pills could prevent pharmaceutical fraud

CandyCode uses tiny multicolored candy nonpareils or “hundreds and thousands” as a uniquely identifiable coating for pharmaceutical pills.

Joseph Shavit

Feb 1, 2022

MIT researchers make RNA vaccines easier to swallow

Researchers has developed a way to deliver RNA in a capsule that can be swallowed, which they hope could make people more receptive to them.

Joseph Shavit

Feb 1, 2022

Experimental new treatment may have cured a man of HIV

A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines.