Artificial Pancreas Prototype in Development for Type 1 Diabetics

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation partners with Johnson & Johnson for medical first

January 13, 2010 RSS Feed Print
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"Every day in our clinic, we ask parents to check so many blood sugars a day and they always have to keep so many factors in mind. How much is my child going to eat? Is he or she going to exercise? What is the current blood sugar? If someone could develop an algorithm that could keep all these things in mind, that would be great, and it would make daily life easier," Gungor said.

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To learn more about the artificial pancreas, visit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

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