Submission + - MIT Creates Implantable Device That Produces Insulin (mit.edu)
schwit1 writes: MIT researchers unveiled an implantable device designed to provide insulin for Type 1 diabetes treatment and replace injections. The device incorporates many islet cells that produce insulin and features an onboard oxygen factory.
Type 1 diabetes patients are typically required to monitor blood glucose levels and self-administer daily insulin injections, but this process cannot replicate the body’s natural blood glucose control.
The newly developed device, approximately the size of a U.S. quarter, uses a proton-exchange membrane to divide water vapor into oxygen and hydrogen. The hydrogen diffuses, and the oxygen is stored and provided to the islet cells via an oxygen-permeable membrane.
Research team member Robert Langer said the device could eventually treat other diseases that call for repeated therapeutic protein delivery.
Type 1 diabetes patients are typically required to monitor blood glucose levels and self-administer daily insulin injections, but this process cannot replicate the body’s natural blood glucose control.
The newly developed device, approximately the size of a U.S. quarter, uses a proton-exchange membrane to divide water vapor into oxygen and hydrogen. The hydrogen diffuses, and the oxygen is stored and provided to the islet cells via an oxygen-permeable membrane.
Research team member Robert Langer said the device could eventually treat other diseases that call for repeated therapeutic protein delivery.
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