It is a surgical procedure in which a patient's diseased pancreas are partially or totally replaced by artificial pancreas.
The artificial pancreas is a technology in development to help people with diabetes automatically control their blood gloucose level by providing the substitute endocrine functionality of a healthy pancreas.
The goal of the artificial pancreas is to improve insulin replacement therapy until glycemic control is practically normal.
Different approaches under consideration include:
-The medical equipment approach. Using an insulin pump under closed loop control using real-time data from a continuous blood glucose sensor.
-The bioengineering approach. The development of a bio-artificial pancreas consisting of a biocompatible sheet of encapsulated beta cells. When surgically implanted, the islet sheet will behave as the endocrine pancreas and will be viable for years.
-The gene therapy approach. The therapeutic infection of a diabetic person by a genetically engineered virus which causes a DNA change of intestinal cells to become insulin-producing cells.
The artificial pancreas is a technology in development to help people with diabetes automatically control their blood gloucose level by providing the substitute endocrine functionality of a healthy pancreas.
The goal of the artificial pancreas is to improve insulin replacement therapy until glycemic control is practically normal.
Different approaches under consideration include:
-The medical equipment approach. Using an insulin pump under closed loop control using real-time data from a continuous blood glucose sensor.
-The bioengineering approach. The development of a bio-artificial pancreas consisting of a biocompatible sheet of encapsulated beta cells. When surgically implanted, the islet sheet will behave as the endocrine pancreas and will be viable for years.
-The gene therapy approach. The therapeutic infection of a diabetic person by a genetically engineered virus which causes a DNA change of intestinal cells to become insulin-producing cells.
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