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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Artificial Pancreas Updates From ADA (July 2015)

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In my opinion, artificial pancreas (AP) technology was the single most important technology of the American Diabetes Association Scientific...
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Saturday, July 4, 2015

News from ADA 2015

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The American Diabetes Association's annual conference is the largest scientific gathering covering diabetes in the United States.  Even ...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Results From a Phase-I Trial

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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) are the stem cells in your bone marrow.  Stems cells can grow into beta cells, and some researchers think t...
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Friday, May 8, 2015

Artificial Pancreas Update (May 2015)

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I have decided, for 2015 at least, to do quarterly updates for Artificial Pancreas research. The area is moving forward so quickly that I t...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

ATG and GCSF Combination Starts a Phase-II Trial

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ATG is Anti-Thymocyte Globulin, a biological agent used to lower immune reactions. GCSF is Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, a biolog...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Kickstarting Type-1 Diabetes Research

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Kickstarter is a web site which "crowdsources" funding for creative projects. This is called "crowdfunding". In my opi...
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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Tocilizumab (Actemra) Starts a Phase-II Trial

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Tocilizumab (brand name: Actemra, often shortened to TCZ) blocks the action of IL-6 which is a part of the immune system. It has been approv...