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Ed Damiano: A Father’s Mission to Develop a Bionic Pancreas
Amazing Things Podcast
English - October 17, 2016 04:00 - 12 minutes - 5.76 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine science research nih biomedical research fauci trump pandemic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For the 1.25 million American adults and children with type 1 diabetes, managing blood-sugar levels is a 24/7 affair that involves sticking their fingers many times a day and either manually injecting insulin as needed or wearing an insulin pump.Blood glucose management is an inexact science, with levels too high or too low having dangerous consequences. Even a small overdose of insulin can be deadly. Boston University Professor Ed Damiano’s involvement with type 1 diabetes began in May 2000 on a highly personal note when his son David was diagnosed at just 11-months old.