[HN Gopher] 'smart' insulin that responds to changing blood suga...
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'smart' insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in
real time
Author : sorokod
Score : 17 points
Date : 2024-08-11 17:36 UTC (5 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
| paulcole wrote:
| > People with type 1 diabetes may in future only need to give
| themselves insulin once a week, say experts
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| Whenever an article about T1D includes mention of an uncertain
| and unspecified future date, it's relatively safe to replace it
| with "never."
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| As someone with T1D, I won't be holding my breath waiting for
| this. Personally I'm quite satisfied with multiple daily
| injections.
| stranded22 wrote:
| Yes - my wife said when she was diagnosed, she was told to keep
| the faith as there would probably be a cure in 5 years.
|
| That was 34 years ago.
| thrownv7032g wrote:
| Which is a wonderful improvement since the 60s when kids were
| told they'd die horribly by 40!
| bluesounddirect wrote:
| So my wife is a t1d for the last 36 years. The work we both
| believe in is a biological cure. I.e. identify the pathogen that
| triggers t1d developing a vaccine . As well as finding a cure for
| the people who are already sick. There is almost no incentive for
| any pharmaceutical company to pursue this , T1D drugs make them
| gobs of cash.
| andrewjl wrote:
| How does this compare to something like donislecel[1][2]?
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| [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donislecel
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| [2]: https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/lantidra
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