In 2013 alone, over 79,000 children around the globe were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: an autoimmune disorder that affects the amount of insulin produced by the pancreas. Receiving insulin therapy through a traditional pump or injections can require a lot of work to ensure blood sugar levels are safe, particularly during the night. A tremendous step forward has been made in the treatment of this disease when a 4-year-old boy from Australia was fitted with the world’s first commercially-available artificial pancreas which automatically regulates his insulin levels.

With the device managing insulin output, diabetics who typically test their blood sugar up to eight times a day will need to do so less frequently.

Xavier Hames from Perth received the device from Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, where he has been receiving treatment for his diabetes since he was 22 months old. This is also where clinical trials for the device have been ongoing for several years. Xavier is the first person to receive the pump commercially, which is available for AUS$10,000 (US$8,100).

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yeah been following the story.

They still haven’t covered how they deal with rejection.

My pump can do this, but it’s sub-cut and the body naturally blocks it in as little as 3 days. for the constant Blood Glucose Monitors, the sensor must be changes every 3 days as after that it is inefficient. (also the BGL in the back where the sensor goes is about 30 minutes behind the BGL in the brain)

And there’s plenty wrong with that article…..

See DV’s recent thread on this topic.
//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/5606/

it does make me wonder if an actual working pancreas would be more useful

wookiemeister said:

it does make me wonder if an actual working pancreas would be more useful

much more.

The article is very misleading.. stopping the insulin when the BGL drops will never prevent a hypo… In non IDDM people, the pancreas produces glycogen when this happens. once the insulin is in the system and the BGL has dropped, it’s too late to stop a hypo without external influence.

stumpy_seahorse said:

wookiemeister said:

it does make me wonder if an actual working pancreas would be more useful

much more.

The article is very misleading.. stopping the insulin when the BGL drops will never prevent a hypo… In non IDDM people, the pancreas produces glycogen when this happens. once the insulin is in the system and the BGL has dropped, it’s too late to stop a hypo without external influence.

I suppose if you spent a billion dollars on trying to make a real pancreas you’d get a result
maybe these things could be the modern wonders of the world