Want to Donate Your Pancreas? Learn about the Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD)
The Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD) is a collaborative type 1 diabetes research project funded by JDRF. nPOD supports scientific investigators by providing, without cost, rare and difficult to obtain tissues beneficial to their research. nPOD...
Savvy Updates 10 April 2018 FOLLOW THE $$: Lilly in our Future, JDRF Early Stage Investment Fund, New Infusion Technology
Eli Lilly ponies up $63M for Sigilon’s diabetes cell therapies, according to Amirah Al Adrus of FierceBiotech.com, 4 April 2018. Eli Lilly is continuing its push into new diabetes products, paying $63 million up front to get its hands on Sigilon Therapeutics’...
Luke + Jedi: A boy and His Dog Fight Type 1 Diabetes
Luke + Jedi, a documentary about 6 year old Luke Nuttall and his amazing diabetes alert dog, Jedi (I KNOW he is amazing as I sat next to him at the film premiere … he didn’t even beg for treats!), held its world premiere Sunday, 25 March 2018 in Pasadena,...
NEWS FLASH: FDA Clears Dexcom G6!
Dexcom G6 cleared by FDA with no fingerstick calibrations 10-day wear time approval for ages 2 years and older no acetaminophen interference and more The FDA just cleared the Dexcom G6 CGM today, only six months after it was submitted to the FDA and far earlier...
Savvy Updates 3/28/2018: Metronom, Magnesium,
Metronom Health: Building Smaller, More Accurate and Cheaper CGM, was reported by Mike Hoskins of DiabetesMine, 27 March 2018. What’s this??? A device that has a CGM sensor and transmitter that communicates directly to a smartphone, but has...
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