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Artificial Pancreas --
Coming Soon? Artificial Pancreas Project at the University of Virginia Continuous glucose monitors and artificial pancreas - - - August 2008 Researchers Outline Steps to Artificial Pancreas http://www.jdrf.org/files/General_Files/APP/2008/Clinicalendocrinologynews_AP.pdf - - - - - - Artificial Pancreas -- JDRF Website http://artificialpancreas.org http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=104576 - - - - - - JDRF's CGM Research Named One of Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2008 ABC News Lists Human Clinical Trial of Continuous Glucose Monitors Among Year's Most Important Advancements Contact: Leslie Schwartz, National Director, Media Relations Ph: 212-479-7553 E-mail: lschwa...@jdrf.org http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=111318 - - - Excerpts: New York, NY, January 8, 2009 -- The ground- breaking human clinical trial funded by JDRF that showed that continuous glucose monitors can improve diabetes control was cited by the ABC television network as one of the top 10 medical breakthroughs of 2008. ... The JDRF CGM trial was the first major, multi- center trial to document the benefits of CGM devices in helping people with type 1 diabetes better control blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of devastating complications. CGM devices, manufactured by several com- panies and approved by the FDA as an adjunc- tive therapeutic for diabetes, are a small mon- itor connected to a sensor that people with diabetes wear, that provide both a real-time snapshot of the glucose levels of a person with diabetes, as well as trend information on whether glucose is moving upwards or down- wards, and how fast. The devices also provide warnings when the glucose is becoming too high or too low - both dangerous conditions. ... "These study results promise to be a corner- stone of our research into metabolic control and the development of an artificial pancreas, as it shows that these technologies can pro- vide significant improvements in the lives of people with diabetes." ... The JDRF study was a randomized, controlled trial involving 322 patients spanning the age range of 8 to 72 years at 10 sites ... - - - end excerpts - - - - - - October 10, 2008 Artificial Pancreas Could Revolutionize Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029104717.htm - - - Excerpt: U.Va. investigators have completed the first of several international artificial pancreas clinical trials to test an individually-"prescribed" con- trol algorithm, which regulates blood glucose levels in Type 1 diabetics. ... "This artificial pancreas could one day greatly improve the current methods of self-treatment for Type 1 diabetes," Kovatchev said. "Instead of a patient having to measure his or her blood sugar with a glucose meter several times a day and self- administer insulin injections, this system would continuously regulate the patient's blood glucose, much like the way a non-diabetic's pancreas func- tions." ... - - - end excerpt - - - - - - References: Sure looks like a 'cure' for type 1 diabetes is getting ever so close (103008) http://prohuman.net/science/cure_type1diabetes_getting_close.htm "Ideally, type 1 diabetics, in some form of a 'cure', would return to the way they were before they became diabetic, and would be like non-diabetics -- eating, socializing, work- ing, and living without worrying about losing consciousness, giving insulin shots, blood sugars going too low, blood sugars going too high, or any of the complications that can result from having type 1 diabetes. ..." Mechanical Cure For Type 1 Diabetes? Could be, and the key word is SOON! (070807) http://prohuman.net/science/mechanical_cure_type_1_diabetes.htm "... Researchers at the University of Cambridge have just begun clinical trials of an “artificial pancreas” at Addenbrooke's Hospital. The “artificial pancreas” can improve control over the wide fluctuations of a patient's glucose levels that, over time, lead to severe complications such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, amputations, blindness and premature death. ..." Pro-Humanist FREELOVER Daily - 090401 http://prohuman.net/prohumanistfreeloverdaily/090401.htm Significant Advance Towards Artificial Liver & Pancreas Individuals with liver and pancreatic disorders may some day be treated and even cured, thanks to a new method of storing living cells in a device capable of being attached to the body to do the job of dam- aged tissue. Bio-artificial organs could help millions of persons suffering from liver disorders. A similar device im- planted into the body could help people with pan- creatic conditions, such as diabetes and perhaps replace daily insulin injections. Dr Helen Grant has developed a method of freezing liver cells at -70C in single layers attached to a mem- brane, providing a ready source of tissue for artificial organs. This is a significant advance in the ability to use bio-artificial organs in place of damaged tissue. Source: BBC http://tinyurl.com/sigadvanceartificial-liver - - - |
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