Nanotechnology to end insulin injections for diabetics
Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past for diabetics thanks to nano-technology. At UCSF Professor of bioengineering, Tejal Desai, implants millions of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin into tiny capsules that can be implanted into the body in an effort to create an artificial pancreas. When blood sugar flows inside the capsule, it stimulates the cells to produce insulin to control sugar levels. The device has nano pores, pores so small that the body's antibodies cannot get in to attack the cells, but large enough that the insulin can flow out and into the body.
Thanks to Ellen Ullman for the heads up about the video:
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Comment by Michael Hutch on January 2, 2010 at 3:13pm -
Yes, I truly believe we are now definitely on the road for a cure in our lifetme!.
We've seen all the previous attempts (oral pills, transdermal (through the skin) and inhaled insulin. I take all information with a grain of salt though for now. There are always quality, safety, efficacy (ie does it work), developmental and clinical issues with any advancement. I look at it like this:... the advancements and drugs/devices we have now are from what we developed 10-20 years ago. So what we have in 10-20 time is from what we are doing now !! Well done Professor.
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Comment by Jim Roach on December 13, 2009 at 7:59pm -
Wow - thats amazing.
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Comment by Virgil Elvin Bowman Jr. on December 11, 2009 at 11:33am -
That is the coolest- no, really, the coolest- piece of film I have ever seen. Being a T1 for 27 years, this gives me great hope that millions of other diabetics will travel a less burdensome road than those of us living with it up until that technology becomes a permanent reality. Thanks, Manny. Virgil
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Comment by 1HappyDiabetic on December 8, 2009 at 5:31pm -
Interesting... very interesting...
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