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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Science fiction is expected to become reality in a few years when those suffering from diabetes may be able to buy a bionic pancreas.
Scott Scolnick, one of the 30 adults who participated in trials on one in Boston, compared using the device to watching the moon landing in 1969. "It's life-changing," he said.
On Feb. 22, the 53-year-old marriage and family therapist is slated to share his experiences at the Annual Diabetes Super Conference in Jackson, an event sponsored by the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi.
"For people in Mississippi with type 1 diabetes, the bionic pancreas would be a technological cure," said foundation executive vice president Mary Fortune, who has lived with the disease for 46 years. "It doesn't get any better than this."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...c-pancreas-could-help-fight-diabetes/5131531/
Scott Scolnick, one of the 30 adults who participated in trials on one in Boston, compared using the device to watching the moon landing in 1969. "It's life-changing," he said.
On Feb. 22, the 53-year-old marriage and family therapist is slated to share his experiences at the Annual Diabetes Super Conference in Jackson, an event sponsored by the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi.
"For people in Mississippi with type 1 diabetes, the bionic pancreas would be a technological cure," said foundation executive vice president Mary Fortune, who has lived with the disease for 46 years. "It doesn't get any better than this."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...c-pancreas-could-help-fight-diabetes/5131531/