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echo: diabetes
to: Mike Roberts
from: Sean Dennis
date: 2010-01-17 21:05:10
subject: Artificial pancreas

Hello, Mike.

Sunday January 17 2010 at 16:57, you wrote to Janis Kracht:

 MR>  Wouldn't this be Blessing? I was kind of surprised that one was so
 MR> close to being marketable. Last good thing I heard of was the
 MR> inhalable insulin, rather than the shots. But this would be something.
 MR> I would think it would also be an alternative for those with
 MR> pancreatic cancer, which is so very lethal. I dunno, but it is good
 MR> news, I hope things move right along with it.

Unfortunately, it'd be useless with Type 2 diabetics since that's
"insulin resistance", not "complete lack of insulin" as
in Type 1.

It'd be a godsend for people I know who are Type 1 diabetics where the
pancreas is completely inactive.

Later,
Sean

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