In this week’s Medical Discovery News column by UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: Diabetes is a life-changing diagnosis that can mean several injections of insulin and several tests of blood glucose levels every day. Some people with diabetes say they feel like a pin cushion, and children with Type 1 diabetes often find it particularly challenging. However, there may be some relief in sight thanks to nanoparticles. The column also appears in the Abilene Reporter-News.