'smart' insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/11/scientists-hail-smart-insulin-responds-changing-blood-sugar-levels-real-time-diabetes

by sorokod • 2 years ago

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theguardian.com

paulcole• 2 years ago

People with type 1 diabetes may in future only need to give themselves insulin once a week, say experts

Whenever an article about T1D includes mention of an uncertain and unspecified future date, it’s relatively safe to replace it with “never.”

As someone with T1D, I won’t be holding my breath waiting for this. Personally I’m quite satisfied with multiple daily injections.

stranded222• 2 years ago

Yes - my wife said when she was diagnosed, she was told to keep the faith as there would probably be a cure in 5 years.

That was 34 years ago.

thrownv7032g• 2 years ago

Which is a wonderful improvement since the 60s when kids were told they'd die horribly by 40!

bluesounddirect• 2 years ago

So my wife is a t1d for the last 36 years. The work we both believe in is a biological cure. I.e. identify the pathogen that triggers t1d developing a vaccine . As well as finding a cure for the people who are already sick. There is almost no incentive for any pharmaceutical company to pursue this , T1D drugs make them gobs of cash.

pkaye• 2 years ago

Isn't the claim most of the medical research is funded by governments so they should have control of what should be prioritized?

rcxdude• 2 years ago

Is there much plausibility of such a cure? The problem is autoimmune AFAIK (maybe triggered by an infection), and once it happens the relevant cells are dead and it'd take both regrowing them and immunotherapy.

andrewjl• 2 years ago

How does this compare to something like donislecel[1][2]?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donislecel

[2] https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/lantidra

'smart' insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time

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