As a type 1 diabetic I am afraid to say to are terribly misinformed, and I figure you need to read up on the subject more. I have always had a great diet, Didn't stop me from getting it.DVS BSTrD said:
You hit the nail on the head there. Only thing I'd have to add, is that there does seem to be a genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes as well, even though a bad diet is a major factor.Kodlak said:
According to earlier published papers the closed loop algorithm based system works better than people that inject themselves with insulin on a daily basis. Sensing physiological changes before people feel negative effects or time it.Hevva said:
The whole replacing insulin thing would become a problem first. They probably couldn't keep more than a week, at most, worth of insulin in the device at once. After all it needs to be kept cool and the device is going to be in the human body 24/7 at a very warm 37 degrees Celsius.poiumty said:
Really wish the picture had been posted earlier, much less speculation. But now i'm a bit disappointed by the whole thing.Kodlak said:It sounds good especially if you hate injections and checking your blood glucose levels, however I'm not too sure how many people would want to have this on them:
Just to clarify, Type 1 diabetes is a genetic disorder it will usually manifest itself in the first 20 years of life and is not caused by a bad diet. This is where the beta cells in the pancreas stop producing insulin meaning sugars aren't take up by other body parts. This machine helps provide the insulin.
Type 2 diabetes is caused by a bad diet, and is where too much sugar causes your body to become insulin resistant therefore not reacting to the insulin (produced by the pancreas) as much and therefore less sugar is being taken up. The machine can do nothing for this condition, as the person's pancreas is fine and their cells are not reacting to insulin anyway.
Just in case you wanted to know.
Why are you disappointed? This thing will change my life among many others. This is the next best thing to a cure!dmase said:Really wish the picture had been posted earlier, much less speculation. But now i'm a bit disappointed by the whole thing.Kodlak said:It sounds good especially if you hate injections and checking your blood glucose levels, however I'm not too sure how many people would want to have this on them:
Just to clarify, Type 1 diabetes is a genetic disorder it will usually manifest itself in the first 20 years of life and is not caused by a bad diet. This is where the beta cells in the pancreas stop producing insulin meaning sugars aren't take up by other body parts. This machine helps provide the insulin.
Type 2 diabetes is caused by a bad diet, and is where too much sugar causes your body to become insulin resistant therefore not reacting to the insulin (produced by the pancreas) as much and therefore less sugar is being taken up. The machine can do nothing for this condition, as the person's pancreas is fine and their cells are not reacting to insulin anyway.
Just in case you wanted to know.
Yeah... though I liked Repo! The Genetic Opera alot more than that one.=y said:
FYI, if you were meant to get t1 diabetes, you will get it. No amount of healthy food and excercise will stop it. It is autoimmune.dalek sec said:Yeah... though I liked Repo! The Genetic Opera alot more than that one.=y said:
OT: Wow, this is pretty cool and finally nice to hear a uplifting story for once.
I think I'm with =y on the whole "try and keep as much of myself as I can" group. I'm not against lifesaving tech either, just want to hold onto as much of me as I can.
I'm not a diabetic so this is a view from an engineering student. I wanted to see a interface that was wholly inside of the body, the implications of that for the bio-medical industry are more impressive.Gordon Freemonty said:Why are you disappointed? This thing will change my life among many others. This is the next best thing to a cure!dmase said:Really wish the picture had been posted earlier, much less speculation. But now i'm a bit disappointed by the whole thing.Kodlak said:It sounds good especially if you hate injections and checking your blood glucose levels, however I'm not too sure how many people would want to have this on them:
Just to clarify, Type 1 diabetes is a genetic disorder it will usually manifest itself in the first 20 years of life and is not caused by a bad diet. This is where the beta cells in the pancreas stop producing insulin meaning sugars aren't take up by other body parts. This machine helps provide the insulin.
Type 2 diabetes is caused by a bad diet, and is where too much sugar causes your body to become insulin resistant therefore not reacting to the insulin (produced by the pancreas) as much and therefore less sugar is being taken up. The machine can do nothing for this condition, as the person's pancreas is fine and their cells are not reacting to insulin anyway.
Just in case you wanted to know.
Seeing as we have yet to see a first generation device, it could well come. Bear in mind that the first insulin pumps were so big they had to be strapped to the patients back rather like a backpack.dmase said:I'm not a diabetic so this is a view from an engineering student. I wanted to see a interface that was wholly inside of the body, the implications of that for the bio-medical industry are more impressive.Gordon Freemonty said:Why are you disappointed? This thing will change my life among many others. This is the next best thing to a cure!dmase said:Really wish the picture had been posted earlier, much less speculation. But now i'm a bit disappointed by the whole thing.Kodlak said:It sounds good especially if you hate injections and checking your blood glucose levels, however I'm not too sure how many people would want to have this on them:
Just to clarify, Type 1 diabetes is a genetic disorder it will usually manifest itself in the first 20 years of life and is not caused by a bad diet. This is where the beta cells in the pancreas stop producing insulin meaning sugars aren't take up by other body parts. This machine helps provide the insulin.
Type 2 diabetes is caused by a bad diet, and is where too much sugar causes your body to become insulin resistant therefore not reacting to the insulin (produced by the pancreas) as much and therefore less sugar is being taken up. The machine can do nothing for this condition, as the person's pancreas is fine and their cells are not reacting to insulin anyway.
Just in case you wanted to know.
Also if I had to look at this as a diabetic I would rather have something that was wholly inside the body aside from a sub dermal implant that allows easy access to the device kind of like dialysis patients have.
Eventual it could become efficient enough to use the patients own bio-electricity to power the device. You can also use viral batteries for power and possible passive insulin production.poiumty said:
