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How one woman built her own artificial pancreas and started a DIY movement

32 pointsby phr4tsalmost 8 years ago

2 comments

bdcravensalmost 8 years ago
It&#x27;s worth noting that the pancreas produces more than insulin, though that&#x27;s the most common failure. Cystic Fibrosis patients have scarring&#x2F;blocking of the pancreas that results in malnutrition due to inadequate delivery of digestive enzymes. (CF is known as a lung disease, but earliest diagnoses, when patients died early enough to not develop lung issues yet, were due to malnutrition and autopsies reveal cysts and fibrotic tissue on the pancreas - &quot;cystic fibrosis of the pancreas&quot; in earliest writings)<p>Just a long-winded way of being pendantic and saying this couldn&#x27;t be an artifical pancreas, but just perform one of its roles :-)
zaxnymalmost 8 years ago
As a type one diabetic of 18 years, I&#x27;ve been looking for something like this! I&#x27;m so happy to see it finally exists! I&#x27;ll have to look into this more.