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Artificial Pancreas – Device for Diabetes Patients
Scientists at London have used an "Artificial Pancreas" system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment. Researchers from Britain's Cambridge University tested the device on 17 children with type 1 diabetes during a series of nights in hospital and found it kept their blood sugar levels within the "normal" range 60 per cent of t...