And live longer.....
YAY!
This is wonderful news!
this is great, as a Type 1 diabetic under tight blood sugar control, this would save me from sticking my fingers 6 to 8 times a day!
Wow.... Prolly a ways from the market, and plenty of hurdles to go, but my diabetic son could use something like this.
Slave the output to an insulin pump and Voila! - an artificial pancreas.
The HUGE bug-bear for this approach is that there is, as yet, no known technology for glucose sensing with the necessary analytical reliability, ESPECIALLY in the relatively hostile environment of the human body (basically sea water).
My area of expertise is analytical chemistry, much of which has involved sensor design and development. A LOT of research has been done trying to come up with a really good, really reliable, accurate and precise sensor for glucose. AFAIK, no success yet.
Make one sensitive to ethanol, put a scanner in a car, and you'd reduce drunk driving incidents (the chip would be mandated by court order after judicial due process).
If it works or if it at the least leads to something that works, it is great news for me. Type 1 since Sept '81.
Thanks for the stock tip! Just bought 2000 shares.
Resistance is futile.
This will be highly significant if it works as advertised. Diabetes is a horrible disease to have and must be monitored very closely. And we should all watch this closely; even those who are in the range of "pre-diabetes" which suggests full blown diabetes is a high risk. That's something everyone should keep their eye on and not just diagnosed diabetes. The range now has been lowered to anything over 100 on the glucose levels. About 126 and you're a diabetic for life. Mine is at 103 and I watch that very carefully and am trying to get it below 100 with some weight loss.
Not what they need to do is install readers at donut shops and make the wearers insert a dollar bill each time they want to read the glucose level.
I have a 9 year old with type 1. I've been hearing about this for some time. From what I've heard the external closed loop system is in trials right now. I could care less about the implantable tester. Right now the closed loop system looks extremely promising.
Super duper....this is so great.
My granddaughter's little bitty fingers are getting so scarred from finger pricks! 3 years already, and she is only 8.
Actually, she also has had such a build up of scar tissue from her insulin shots, that she has had to go 4-5 months at a time, not using her upper arms or thighs..
If this thingy works, though, it will really help. Thanks for posting it.