Artificial Pancreas
May
Cell transplants at U of Minnesota could provide diabetes cure
After more than three decades of research, a consortium of schools that includes the U has completed testing on the transplant technique.
May
Diabetes Daily – How We May Restore Insulin Production in Type 1 Diabetes
At last week’s Capital Hill summit on Insulin Independence, researchers from around the world shared a vision of using a combination of therapies built on these same principles to bring perfect blood sugars to those living with type 1 diabetes.
Apr
Diabetes Mine: The World’s Funnest Clinical Trial (Artificial Pancreas!)
Two weeks ago today for Spring Break I was in gorgeous, palm-studded Santa Barbara, CA. And what does a diabetes technology geek like me do on vacation? Visit the local research clinic, of course!
Apr
WSJ: For Diabetics, a Longtime Goal Is Within Reach
Now a new generation of medical research and engineering has brought health care closer to a long-sought goal: small implantable devices that continuously monitor blood-sugar levels
Apr
Diabetes Self-Management: Can Beta Cells Be Healed?
Can Type 2 or Type 1 diabetes be not only reversed, but cured? Can beta cells start producing enough insulin? Can the liver store glucose better, and can body cells learn to handle glucose more efficiently?
Mar
Mini-organ would mimic pancreas to treat type 1 diabetes
A new bioengineered, miniature organ dubbed the BioHub might one day offer people with type 1 diabetes freedom from their disease.
Mar
Predictive Glucose Control System In Development Shows Promise
Animas Corporation has announced positive results from the second phase of human clinical trials of a first-generation, closed-loop insulin delivery system.
Mar
The Conversation: Can stem cell treatment cure type 1 diabetes?
By next year, the modest lab in San Diego hopes to begin human trials for a treatment that could essentially cure type 1 diabetes.
Feb
WebMD: Artificial Pancreas Beats Insulin Pump in Test
The artificial pancreas — a treatment that’s been called the closest thing to a possible cure for type 1 diabetes — may be another step closer to becoming a reality.
Jan
Dual-hormone artificial pancreas is a step closer for patients with Type 1 diabetes
For patients with type 1 diabetes, a dual-hormone artificial pancreas system (also known as a closed-loop delivery system) improved the control of glucose levels and reduced the risk of hypoglycemia compared with conventional pump treatment .
Jan
Islet Transplant May Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis
Minimally invasive islet transplantation for patients with type 1 diabetes achieves insulin independence and reverses the progression of atherosclerosis in the first few years after transplant, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study.
Jan
JDRF: An Artificial Pancreas System in Action
In the video below, you’ll see Tom’s portable smartphone artificial pancreas system in action and learn more about how JDRF has managed to efficiently accelerate this groundbreaking technology in just a few years.
Jan
Islet Transplants May Decrease Type 1 Atherosclerosis Risk
Now a University of Chicago study shows that transplanting pancreatic islets to type 1s significantly reduces carotid artery thickness, lowering both A1c levels and the attendant risk of atherosclerosis.
Jan
Promising Next Steps in Potential Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes results when beta cells in the pancreas fail to produce enough insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar. One approach to treating diabetes is to stimulate regeneration of new beta cells.
Dec
Porcine Islet Cell or Xenotransplantation: Where Is It Now?
In most areas of diabetes research, you don’t hear much until there’s a big breakthrough of some sort. And then it goes dark again. That’s what happened several years ago on the then-hot topic of xenotransplantation, or the sourcing of islet cells for transplants.
Dec
Australian Researchers are one step closer to developing an artificial pancreas
A Sydney-based diabetes expert and a Queensland artificial intelligence specialist have tested the prototype of a software program that could replicate the role of a human pancreas.
Dec
Bioengineers develop “self-cleaning” membrane for implantable glucose sensors
An implantable sensor that allows diabetics to more effectively monitor their blood-sugar levels is a step closer to reality, thanks to a researcher at Texas A&M University who is developing technology aimed at enabling these sensors to remain functional in the body for an extended period of time.
Dec
A leap forward in the quest to develop an artificial pancreas
A diabetes specialist and Artificial Intelligence expert have collaborated to test the prototype of an artificial pancreas. Should a planned clinical study and clinical trial support the excellent ‘simulated’ results obtained so far.
Nov
From DiabetesMine: What Is It Like To Have An Artificial Pancreas?
Kathleen is intimately familiar with the power of diabetes technology, having participated in a clinical trial for the Artificial Pancreas Project.
Oct
From Diabetes Mine: About a Pancreas Transplant for Type I’s
Wil Dubois answers some science-y questions about pancreas transplants and whether an immune-suppressant drug for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis could impact someone’s type 1 diabetes honeymoon.
Oct
Why This Government Is Subsidizing Pancreas Transplant Programme for TI’s?
The main objectives of pancreas transplant are to eliminate the patient’s dependency on insulin, to improve the quality of life and to reduce long-term diabetic complications.
Oct
Toward an Artificial Pancreas: Math Modeling and Diabetes Control
The models simulate injections of insulin in the manner of insulin pumps, which deliver periodic impulses in diabetes patients.
Oct
High Stress Can Make Insulin Cells Regress
For years, researchers have investigated how the body loses the ability to produce enough insulin, a hallmark of diabetes. Now an intriguing theory is emerging, and it suggests a potential treatment.
Sep
UC Santa Barbara Researchers and Their Artificial Pancreas Project
The Sansum Diabetes Research Institute is pleased to announce that researchers from Sansum and UCSB were among three awardees out of 128 entrants in the second annual Wyss Institute IEEE EMBS Award for Translational Research.
Sep
Should the government fund research for the artificial pancreas?
An artificial pancreas could eventually help diabetics to get their life back. It would work as the real one that no longer works. Many people are eager and excited for this.
Aug
Pancreatic Stem Cells First Found by UCSD team
The team has identified a cell surface marker on a subpopulation of cells in the pancreas that appears to identify them as pancreatic stem cells (PnSCs), a cell type which has never actually been demonstrated in human or animal tissues.
Aug
‘Organic’ study of live pancreatic tissue yields new opportunities for diabetes research
An ‘all-natural’ method for studying pancreatic islets, the small tissues responsible for insulin production and regulation in the body, has recently been developed by researchers at the University of Toronto.
Aug
Progress in artificial pancreas could save Medicare nearly $1B
The technology, which would combine an automated blood glucose monitor and insulin delivery system, could help prevent diabetic patients from experiencing complications associated with their disease, the researchers wrote.
May
Pancreatic islets infusion for diabetes patient being readied for procedure in Japan
The Japanese Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (JPITA) is preparing for the nation’s first transplantation of pancreatic islets from a brain-dead donor to a patient with Type 1 diabetes, it was learned Saturday.
May
UVA Doctors Launch First Artificial Pancreas Trial
The device is intended to automate much of the work of monitoring and maintaining safe blood sugar levels now performed by patients.
Apr
“My Islet Cell Transplant Experience”
“On July 21, 2008, I had a life changing opportunity. It’s now been over three and a half years, and I still find it difficult to believe that I am really one of those people who have had an islet cell transplant.”
Apr
Medtronic Artificial Pancreas: Designing a Closed Loop System
Medtronic focuses on three components of the AP: a glucose sensor, an insulin delivery device, and an algorithm to govern their behavior. Each component in this trinity plays a crucial role in making the system work.
Mar
Diabetics urged to steer clear of high fat diet
The current thinking around following a high fat, low carb diet to encourage weight loss in diabetics with Type 2 Diabetes, may be misguided say researchers from Warwick Medical School.
Mar
Woman improves after diabetes treatment
In clinical trials, doctors transplanted insulin-making cells to her pancreas
Mar
UVa-designed artificial pancreas moves closer to market
Researchers have gained federal approval for the next key testing phase for a new, University of Virginia-designed, cell phone-based artificial pancreas they hope could soon help millions of diabetes patients.
Mar
Creating “death-defying” insulin-producing islets for transplantation
Australian scientists have identified one way of making a frustratingly tricky transplant – of insulin-producing ‘islets of Langerhans’ into patients with Type 1 diabetes – more successful.
Mar
Diabetes researchers work on sensors for artificial pancreas
In their fight to cure diabetes, Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota researchers are creating a tiny, innovative sensing system as part of an artificial pancreas.
Mar
Indiana researchers Say ‘Artificial Pancreas’ Shows Promise
Indiana researchers are working on an artificial pancreas, a device they say could be the first step in reaching a cure for diabetes.
Mar
Practical vs. Idealized Cure for Diabetes Revisited
Practical Cure, as defined by the JDCA, outlines a specified goal for research to work towards in order to accelerate the development of a tangible, cure-like lifestyle for people now living with diabetes.
Mar
Artificial pancreas gives girl vacation from diabetes
Medical device companies are racing to be the first to market an artificial pancreas, which takes over the work of the diabetic’s malfunctioning organ. The device could potentially be used for Type 1 diabetics or Type 2 diabetics who use insulin.
Mar
Medtronic one step closer to Artificial Pancreas
According to a press release, data from an in-clinic study demonstrated that patients using the company’s MiniMed Paradigm System with Low Glucose Suspend automation experienced a 19% reduction in time spent below the low glucose threshold compared with those using conventional pump therapy.
Feb
Key Component of Artificial Pancreas Shown Successful
In a study published this month in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, researchers concluded that the automatic suspension of insulin delivery by a low glucose suspend (LGS) system greatly reduces the severity and duration of hypoglycemia in people with type 1 diabetes.
Feb
An interview with the FDA’s Artificial Pancreas Director
Charles Zimliki is a biologist who works at FDA. He’s an important person for all PWDs to know about in that he has a key role in developing the technology that will one day become a functioning Artificial Pancreas.
Feb
Artificial pancreas on its way?
Feb 7th 2011. On December 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued artificial pancreas (AP) draft guidance. This is a necessary first to make this technology avalaible to the public.