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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2015

Managing diabetes with nanomedicine: challenges and opportunities.

Omid Veiseh, Benjamin C Tang, Kathryn A Whitehead, Daniel G Anderson, Robert Langer

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 192 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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192citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

192 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. [Advances in injectable and transdermal glucose-responsive insulin delivery systems].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2026
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  17. Diabetology and Nanotechnology: A Compelling Combination.Recent patents on nanotechnology · 2025
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132 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Omid Veiseh1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [2] David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [3] Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. [4].
Benjamin C Tang1] David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [2] Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. [3].
Kathryn A WhiteheadDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
Daniel G Anderson1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [2] David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [3] Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. [4] Division of Health Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [5] Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Robert Langer1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [2] David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [3] Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. [4] Division of Health Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [5] Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

Funding

The Development of Clinical Grade, Targeted Magnetic NanoparticlesU54CA151884 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL · 2010 to 2014
$11.3M
PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION FOR NONINVASIVE CARTILAGE TISSUER01DE013023 · NIDCR · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL · 1998 to 2019
$6.8M
CONTROLLED RELEASE OF MACROMOLECULESR01EB000244 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL, TRAVERSO, CARLO GIOVANNI · 2002 to 2021
$6.1M
Controlled Release of MacromoleculesR37EB000244 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL · 2008 to 2017
$3.9M
Ultrasound Polymeric Drug DeliveryR01EB000351 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL · 2002 to 2013
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS CA151884NCI NIH HHS U54 CA151884NIBIB NIH HHS EB000244NIBIB NIH HHS EB000351NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB000244NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB000351NIBIB NIH HHS R37 EB000244NIDCR NIH HHS DE013023NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE013023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanotechnology-based approaches hold substantial potential for improving the care of patients with diabetes. Nanoparticles are being developed as imaging contrast agents to assist in the early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Glucose nanosensors are being incorporated in implantable devices that enable more accurate and patient-friendly real-time tracking of blood glucose levels, and are also providing the basis for glucose-responsive nanoparticles that better mimic the body's physiological needs for insulin. Finally, nanotechnology is being used in non-invasive approaches to insulin delivery and to engineer more effective vaccine, cell and gene therapies for type 1 diabetes. Here, we analyse the current state of these approaches and discuss key issues for their translation to clinical practice.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood GlucoseDiabetes MellitusDisease ManagementDrug Delivery SystemsHumansHypoglycemic AgentsNanomedicineNanoparticlesBlood GlucoseHypoglycemic Agents

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PMID25430866
PMCPMC4751590

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