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Diabetes patients could be able to receive insulin via a nasal spray using yeast, scientists believe.

Leeds University researchers found the fungus, traditionally used to make beer and bread, opened nasal cells to allow insulin to pass through nose tissue.

They hope it will allow a spray to be developed to replace injections.

Getting insulin into the bloodstream through the nose is tricky because the layers of tissue lining the nose, known as the nasal mucosa, can block the molecule.

But in preliminary research, the scientists found that yeast, which is non-toxic, opened up the tight junctions between nasal cells.

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