Would you like an artificial pancreas?
Posted on: Friday, July 6th, 2007 at 4:44 pmIt may be a possibility in the not so distant future, as reported by the BBC web site today:
Scientists in Cambridge say they are moving a step closer to developing an artificial pancreas for people with diabetes. They are conducting trials in Cambridge with 12 youngsters aged five to 18.
What do you think about having an artificial pancreas?
More details: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6274112.stm
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July 7th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Manny
I also blogged about this today. It looks like an interesting future development. But I’ll bet we won’t really benefit from it for at least five years.