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A group of Massachusetts researchers has successfully completed the first run of human trials of the latest artificial pancreas design—a development that will free type 1 diabetics from relying on daily insulin injections.
The artificial pancreas differs from typical glucose-control methods for type 1 diabetics by including minute injections of glucagon, Damiano added.
The latest artificial pancreas uses glucagon as extra protection by increasing dangerously low glucose levels when a patient is nearing hypoglycemia.
The researchers discovered in that variability in the rate of insulin-absorption is very high—not only across the general population, but also for specific individuals. The versatility of the algorithm in the artificial pancreas allows the device to treat patients with widely differing insulin absorption rates.
But when his son Sam was diagnosed with Type I diabetes, Melton entirely switched his focus from frogs to mammals, specifically studying the pancreas and diabetes.