Month: March 2013
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Treatment
Inhalable Insulin — A Breathtaking Development
AFREZZA is a technology-cum-therapy that delivers bolus insulin for mealtime glycemic control. It combines a small inhaler with an aspirin-size…
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Medicine/Drugs
Faster Insulin: Short and Sweet
A 1.5 MM needle about the thickness of a human hair is being tested by BD. There's no need to…
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Treatment
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Artificial Pancreas
Spreading Bets In the AP Sweepstakes: An Interview With JDRF’s Dr. Aaron Kowalski
A conversation with Dr. Aaron Kowalski, Vice President of Treatment Therapies at JDRF, touches on ongoing work in creating an…
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Living
A Tattoo Even Mom Will Love
Tartoosâ„¢ takes injection site management in a new direction by making it possible for people with diabetes, or the parents…
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Cure Insight
Small Wonders On A Cellular Battlefield
“We’re exploring using materials that release, slowly, low amounts of drugs at the implant site for many years. Instead of…
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Cure Insight
A Safe House for Islets
“The BioHub is a localized micro-environment,” said Ricordi. “It is a quantum leap in cell therapy to replace insulin-producing cells…
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Weight-Loss Surgery Sheds Writer’s Pounds, Not Habits
Three months went by. I got smaller, and smaller, and smaller. Almost 70 pounds down. I was shrinking--it felt exactly…
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