Nature - DIY Bionic Pancreas

Type 1 and LADA
1

A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care — what’s next? (nature.com)

image
image1920×1717 135 KB

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02648-9?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=2254edc398-briefing-dy-20230831&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-2254edc398-44762277\

3 Likes
2

Very good article!!

2 Likes
3

Not really a bionic pancreas but a bionic Beta cell missing glucagon receptors which are part of the feedback systems in intact islet cell groups.

And the insulin receptors of the Alpha cells do not respond to exogenous insulin only endocrine insulin within the islets.