NYTimes: Even Small Medical Advances Can Mean Big Jumps in Bills
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL APRIL 5, 2014 lt’s the most expensive thing I own, aside from my house. CATHERINE HAYLEY, whose diabetes was diagnosed when she was 9, describing the digital insulin pump that helps keep her alive. Credit Luke Sharrett for The New York...
ViaCyte’s Upcoming T1D Clinical Trials!
March 21, 2014 by Michael Anderson The VC-01 combination product is expected to be implanted under the skin of the patient through a simple outpatient surgical procedure. The cells are then expected to further differentiate to produce mature pancreatic cells that will...
What does Diabetes look like?
from The Human Trial and Lisa Hepner … The challenge of making a film about this disease is that you can’t see it. People with diabetes look healthy, and it’s only when the complications become dire – blindness or renal failure – do they appear to be battling a...
Insulin Envy
By Ginger Vieira I have insulin envy. Not every day (well, yes, every day). But some days it feels stronger than others. You insulin-producers. I envy you. I have insulin envy. I envy that moment when you get up in the morning and—instead of immediately pricking your...
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