Savvy Updates, 4/8/24: Implantable BioArtificial Pancreas, Biolinq NI CGM, Adult-Onset T1D Data, Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Goes Home, Sea Blackthorn Antioxidant, Best Grains for T1D, T1D Rights in the Workplace, Riva Greenberg Flourishing, Mini Dosing with Glucagon/TCOYD
The next-gen implantable bioartificial pancreas by Bernard Banga for Medical-Technology.nridigital.com, 22 September 2023. A team from MIT, in collaboration with researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital, has developed a novel implantable device. The...
Savvy Updates 4/1/24: Pig Kidney Transplanted into Human, Mini Dose with Glucagon, Sleep Apnea & T1D, 15% Medical Claims Denied,AMA Urged by Congress, Why Melted Cheese Tastes GOOD
Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney Into a Patient, a Medical Milestone by Roni Caryn Rabin for NYTImes.com, 21 March 2024. Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If...
Savvy Updates 3/11/24: Sensulin Smart Insulin, Roche CGM, PBMs Not Compliant, Minutia Cell-based Nanosensors, Change Healthcare Hacked, Patient-centered Diabetes Care,
Sensulin’s Biotech Dream Team Is Bringing the Lowest-Cost Smart Insulin to Market by StartUp Health for HealthTransformer.co, 7 March 2024. Sensulin’s idea to create a “smart insulin” (glucose-responsive insulin or “GRI”) is not new. Three of the company’s co-founders...
Savvy Updates 3/4/24: KnowU NI CGM, Vicentra’s Kaleido (tiny) Insulin Pump, MicroGlucagon, Abbott/Dexcom CGM Patents Battle, Tandem, Insulet, Medtronic Tubeless Pumps, BEWARE Facebook Scam, Life for a Child
Know Labs unveils non-invasive glucose monitor KnowU for GlobalData.com, February 2024. (Check back soon for a review of many of the more likely non-invasive CGMS in development!) Know Labs has announced the launch of KnowU, its latest wearable non-invasive...
Savvy Updates 2/27/24: Medtrum Nano CGM “Not Great”, Autoimmune Diseases Curable?, Sensotrend.com, FDA TAP Program Expanded, Interview with Prof. Lutz Heinemann, Final Week Book Give-Away
Medtrum Nano CGM… A tale of two sensors by Tim Street for Diabettech.com, 20 February 2024. Recently, Medtrum introduced the Nano, which has to vie for the title of “Smallest CGM currently available”. It has a very small form factor. Its first release, earlier in 2023...
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