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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
DIABETES sufferers will be spared the misery of daily jabs by a revolutionary implant.
The British invention will transform the lives of millions who have to endure injections of insulin every day.
Health experts say that the artificial pancreas is as good as a cure because it means patients will no longer have to manage the condition themselves.
The wristwatch-size device is surgically implanted into the abdominal cavity and releases a precise amount of insulin into the bloodstream. Supplies are topped up via a short tube which passes through the skin.
Human trials are set to start in 2016 with the first implants taking place on the NHS within 10 years.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/455748/Potential-diabetes-cure-to-end-misery-of-insulin-jabs
1. It's not a cure
2. Injections are neither painful nor miserable 🙄
The British invention will transform the lives of millions who have to endure injections of insulin every day.
Health experts say that the artificial pancreas is as good as a cure because it means patients will no longer have to manage the condition themselves.
The wristwatch-size device is surgically implanted into the abdominal cavity and releases a precise amount of insulin into the bloodstream. Supplies are topped up via a short tube which passes through the skin.
Human trials are set to start in 2016 with the first implants taking place on the NHS within 10 years.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/455748/Potential-diabetes-cure-to-end-misery-of-insulin-jabs
1. It's not a cure
2. Injections are neither painful nor miserable 🙄