My mom sent me the JDRF Insider newsletter because of this article. The US National Institutes of Health have granted a Canadian research team $2.5 million to test artificial panreases. They want to see if the dual hormone (insulin plus glucagon) version is worth the extra complexity and expense over the single hormone (insulin only) version, and how they stack up to conventional pump therapy. I personally believe the dual hormone version is the way to go, but we'll see.
At the end of the article, they said that artificial pancreas technology should be commercially available within 5-7 years. And I cried when I read that. It may not be a cure, but it's probably the best treatment we're going to get until we have one. And it's not just within my lifetime that I'll see it but within the next decade!
So now that's even more incentive to be as healthy as I can; if I can avoid damaging my body in the next decade, I should have even better technology that will help me avoid complications!!!!
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