Administeration of exogenous insulin is essential to manage type 1 and, in some cases, type 2 diabetes.9,10 There are various forms of insulin that differ in onset and half-life of action; these include short- (e.g. regular), rapid- (e.g. aspart, lispro, and glulisine), intermediate- (e.g. Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH)) and long-acting insulin (e.g. ultralente, glargine, and detemir) as well as mixed insulins.4,11. Here, INS is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.