Savvy Updates, 6/24/19: Ilet Trials, Insulet (PODD), Undiagnosed Coronary Disease, Smartphone Radiation While Sleeping, Vit D
iLet Bihormonal Bionic Pancreas Clinical Trial Begins (YIPPPEEEE!) reported by Ross Wollen for ASweetLife.org, June 2019. Massachusetts startup Beta Bionics and Danish biotech firm Zealand Pharma have announced the beginning of a clinical trial investigating the...
Savvy Updates, 6/3/2019: Hybrid Immune Cells, FDA Looking for Feedback, Vitamin D, Islet Cell Transplant Gets Orphan Status, Biohackers
Newly discovered hybrid immune cell linked to Type 1 diabetes was reported by Angus Liu for FierceBiotech.com, 30 May 2019. B and T cells are the two known lymphocytes of the immune system. But a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers has identified a...
Savvy Update,5/27/19: Kidney Disease Enzymes and Protein Markers, Lifescan CGM
Study identifies enzymes that prevent diabetic kidney disease, from Joslin Diabetes Center, 20 May 2019. This study has proven that certain biological protective factors play a large role in preventing diabetic kidney disease in certain people. The study was...
Savvy Updates 5/20/19: Semma and Stem Cells, Beta Cell Proliferation, Auxulin to Reduce BG, Predictive BG Modeling, Heart Rate Variability and Hypos
Semma reports advances in turning stem cells into insulin producers, reported by Arlene Weintraub for FierceBiotech.com, 10 May 2019. Harvard University scientist Douglas Melton started Semma Therapeutics in 2017, to take undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells...
Savvy Updates, 4/29/19: Looping New T1 Standard, Omnipod Loop, Little Men Who Live in Omnipods, UTIs
Open Source Artificial Pancreases will become the New Standard of Care for Diabetes in 2019, according to Scott Hanselman of Hanselman.com, 23 April 2019. And we are already a third of the way through the year. What’s the loop? It’s this:...
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