VANADIUM SALTS AND THE FUTURE TREATMENT OF DIABETES

Until the discovery of insulin by Banting and Best in 1922, diabetes h ad a high mortality rate. Since then regular administration of the dru g has brought it under control. Nevertheless it is not an ideal drug, in that it has to be injected and because of the incidence of insulin resistance. There is, therefore, a need for alternative forms of treat ment and in recent years interest has centred on the possibilities of vanadium salts.