Progress! The FDA has approved the first Artificial Pancreas for Diabetes. The device is a significant leap forward for the daily regimen of keeping blood sugar levels under control.
Although the device does not eliminate counting carbs and administering insulin manually for meals or checking blood sugar manually a number of times a day to ensure accuracy, it does provide a critical link between a continuous glucose monitoring system and an insulin delivery system. Insulin delivery will essentially shut off if blood sugar levels are too low, and will administer insulin automatically if blood sugar levels are too high. With the dual path of science and technology progressing, one path being the technology driven Artificial Pancreas and the other the science driven encapsulated beta cells, the lives of Type I Diabetics will continue to improve until there is a cure.