Bionic Pancreas Passes Critical Science Hurdle

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-26700
Published April 01, 2017 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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  • English

On the heels of winning $12 million in supplemental funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a major, multicenter, national clinical trial of his iLetâ„¢ bionic pancreas, Edward Damiano, a College of Engineering professor of biomedical engineering, has coauthored a study in The Lancet that affirms the technology's effectiveness in managing type 1 diabetes (T1D) better than current conventional methods.