Health:End of the diabetes jab? Scientists find insulin-boosting hormone that could do away with daily injections

Millions of diabetics could be freed from having to inject themselves several times a day by a once-a-year drug.

Scientists have discovered a hormone which can boost the number of insulin-making cells  by up to 30-fold.

This would ‘dramatically’ improve treatment for type 2 diabetes. This form of the condition, often triggered by weight gain, is becoming more common in the obesity crisis.

Researchers from Harvard University believe the betatrophin hormone may even have the power to halt type 2 diabetes in its tracks. 

‘It could eventually mean that, instead of taking insulin injections three times a day, you might be able to take this hormone once a week or once a month, or in the best case, maybe once a year,’ they said.

                              Diabetics could be freed from the need to inject themselves by the development of a once-a-year drug