Insulin

FDA Approves World’s First Automated Insulin Pump for Diabetics

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G, a medical device that monitors a diabetic’s sugar levels, and then automatically injects the required dose of insulin. This first-of-its kind automated insulin delivery system was approved for people over the age of 14 who have type 1 diabetes, and it’s poised to make…

Tech News George Dvorsky Sep 29

Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Put an End to Daily Insulin Injections for Diabetics

People with type 1 diabetes have to inject insulin daily, and it often results in pain, redness, swelling, and itching at the injection site. But this could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new breakthrough that takes us one step closer to a functional cure for type 1 diabetes. Researchers at…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jan 25

This Snail Makes A Venom So Toxic, It Disables Fish Swimming Near It

Cone snails are known for their venom. Upwards of fifteen people have died of it. One snail, Conus geographus, doesn’t even have to sting to kill its prey. And scientists have found out why. To fill someone with poison you’d need a claw, a fang, or stinger, right? Not if you’re Conus geographus, the geography…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 20

An Insulin Pen Cap That Reminds Diabetics When Their Last Injection Was

As if all the side effects and health concerns related to diabetes weren’t enough, those dealing with the condition also have to maintain a frequent and carefully tracked regiment of insulin injections. Missing even one can be incredibly dangerous, which is what inspired one company to create the Timesulin. If you’ve ever put a pencap…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 20

This New Artificial Pancreas Could Solve Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes afflicts some 30,000 Americans every year. The disease is marked by a complete shutdown of the body’s insulin production. It requires regular blood testing and insulin injections throughout the day. It’s a burden. But a new artificial pancreas could soon change the entire process of regulating a patient’s glucose by making it…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 18

The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives (UPDATED)

There are no hospitals in space. The closest E.R. is back on Earth, and astronauts can’t exactly jump in a cab to get there. So what happens if the sun burps out a massive blast of radiation while an astronaut is space-amblin’ by? The NASA Biocapsule—made of carbon nanotubes—will be able to “diagnose” and instantly…

Health Brent Rose Feb 8

How Your Brain Could Fix Your Diabetes

No, I don’t mean by willing yourself to eat less sugar. Scientists in Japan have shown that implanting brain cells into a rat pancreas was a successful treatment for diabetes – rat diabetes. In humans, the disease affects nearly 26 million people in the United States, 200 million worldwide. It costs us about $174 billion…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Oct 6

Lawmakers call for probe of medical devices after researcher hacks insulin pump

Two federal lawmakers have asked the General Accountability Office to look into the security of medical devices after a researcher showed how he was able to hack his insulin pump and alter settings due to security flaws in the system. Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA), members of the House Energy and Commerce…

io9 Kim Zetter - Threat Level Aug 21

Researchers May Have Found a Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that suppressing a single hormone may eliminate the need for insulin injections and may make the condition completely asymptomatic. Truth is, there’s still a ways to go in “curing” type 1 diabetes since the researchers only conducted lab tests with mice. But they found that suppressing the…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

Insulin Watch Concept Gives You Your Fix and Tells the Time

Sufferers of Type-I diabetes will appreciate this concept insulin-delivering watch from Germany. Piezoelectricity generated by the wearer’s movements drive the insulin-delivering pumps in the watch body, which contains enough of the drug for two to three weeks. The idea is to make life a little more normal for diabetics rather than have them wrestle with…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Dec 19

FDA Approves World’s First Automated Insulin Pump for Diabetics

Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Put an End to Daily Insulin Injections for Diabetics

This Snail Makes A Venom So Toxic, It Disables Fish Swimming Near It

An Insulin Pen Cap That Reminds Diabetics When Their Last Injection Was

This New Artificial Pancreas Could Solve Type 1 Diabetes

The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives (UPDATED)

How Your Brain Could Fix Your Diabetes

Lawmakers call for probe of medical devices after researcher hacks insulin pump

Researchers May Have Found a Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin Watch Concept Gives You Your Fix and Tells the Time

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