Diabetic Children Test Bionic Pancreas At Mass. Camp

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BOSTON (CBS) ? At first glance it looks like any other summer camp: boys playing sports, horsing around, and hiking through the mud. But this is Camp Joslin, a camp specifically for kids with type 1 diabetes. And this year, the Charlton campers are also part of an experiment that many say will forever change the way diabetics manage their disease. Thirty-two kids are testing a bionic pancreas, the brain child of Ed Damiano. The biomedical engineer teamed up with colleagues at Boston University and Mass General Hospital. Ed is a motivated scientist but he?s also a father. His son, David, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a baby. ?It?s probably the single greatest concern a parent has?. is not only taking care of their kid at night but, how their kid is going to do that when they are on their own,? says Damiano.

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