Breakthrough in diabetes treatment

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Doctors report major progress toward  ‘artificial pancreas’

Associated Press
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    October 2012: This image provided by Medtronic shows the MiniMed  Integrated System device, which doctors are reporting as a major step toward an  “artificial pancreas.” (AP)

Doctors are reporting a major step toward an “artificial pancreas,” a device  that would constantly monitor blood sugar in people with diabetes and  automatically supply insulin as needed.

A key component of such a system — an insulin pump programmed to shut down  if blood-sugar dips too low while people are sleeping — worked as intended in a  three-month study of 247 patients.

This “smart pump,” made by Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc., is already sold  in Europe, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing it now.  Whether it also can be programmed to mimic a real pancreas and constantly adjust  insulin based on continuous readings from a blood-sugar monitor requires more  testing, but doctors say the new study suggests that’s a realistic  goal.

Read more:  http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/06/23/doctors-make-progress-toward-artificial-pancreas/#ixzz2X2h7eRFs

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