Endocrine Abstracts

The artificial pancreas or closed loop is the holy grail of diabetes technology. The concept has been around for decennia, but only as more or less accurate continuous glucose monitors became available some 10–15 years ago, patient related research could be initiated. The essential problem is the inherent delays in the loop. Insulin absorption, glucose uptake by the cell after activation of the insulin receptor and continuous glucose monitoring all take time. Once adminis...