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Diabetes sniffer dogs? ‘Scent’ of hypos could aid development of new tests

27 Jun 2016

A chemical found in our breath could provide a flag to warn of dangerously-low blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to new...

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Artificial pancreas: 1. Glucose levels monitored continuously 2. Required insulin dose calculated 3. Insulin does delivered automatically

Artificial pancreas promise for common diabetes complication

15 Apr 2011

Cambridge research funded by the health charity Diabetes UK has for the first time successfully demonstrated the potential of an ‘artificial pancreas...

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