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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Implantable device could save diabetes patients from dangerously low blood sugar

news.mit.edu

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Implantable device could save diabetes patients from dangerously low blood sugar

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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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MIT engineers developed an implantable reservoir that can remain under the skin and be triggered to release glucagon when people with diabetes are in danger of becoming hypoglycemic.
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    What the fuck are you talking about. There hasn’t been a single failed islet transplant. They are 12 for 12

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      The previous attempts either the cells were destroyed by the immune system or they became engulfed in fibrotic tissue

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        Idk how recent your info is but a quick search brings up just about exclusively stories of success.

        https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pancreatic+stem+cell+islet+transplant+results&t=fpas&ia=web

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