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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
“I feel like a robot now,” six-year-old Chloe Jarratt said after the doctors finished attaching her to the various tubes and wires of the artificial pancreas.
Jarratt, along with her mother, Amanda, traveled to the University of Virginia Center of Diabetes Technology last Sunday to take part in a trial of a device, which would serve as an artificial pancreas for patients diagnosed with Type I diabetes. She was one of only 12 children in the entire nation to be part of the trial.
Chloe Jarratt displays the fanny pack that holds the technology which functions as an artificial pancreas.
The trial was run by UVa’s Launchpad program, and the development of the technology was funded by private donations, as well as grants from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund and the National Institute of Health.
Chloe was diagnosed on Nov. 6, 2014. The disease is caused when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells located in the pancreas, which dismantles the body’s ability to control its blood sugar levels.
http://www.tidewaternews.com/2016/05/28/6-year-old-participates-in-medical-trial/
Can't see too many British teens being happy about carrying a 'fanny pack' around with them 😱 😉
Jarratt, along with her mother, Amanda, traveled to the University of Virginia Center of Diabetes Technology last Sunday to take part in a trial of a device, which would serve as an artificial pancreas for patients diagnosed with Type I diabetes. She was one of only 12 children in the entire nation to be part of the trial.
Chloe Jarratt displays the fanny pack that holds the technology which functions as an artificial pancreas.
The trial was run by UVa’s Launchpad program, and the development of the technology was funded by private donations, as well as grants from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund and the National Institute of Health.
Chloe was diagnosed on Nov. 6, 2014. The disease is caused when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells located in the pancreas, which dismantles the body’s ability to control its blood sugar levels.
http://www.tidewaternews.com/2016/05/28/6-year-old-participates-in-medical-trial/
Can't see too many British teens being happy about carrying a 'fanny pack' around with them 😱 😉
