Advances in controlling diabetes

U.S. scientists have developed what they call a bomb computerized insulin, a small device the size of a pocket watch that is implanted under the skin, providing the necessary amount of insulin according to the quantity and type of food that is ingest.

This mechanism is scheduled to work with six different types of food, slightly up from a rich in sugars. The patient only has to indicate via a transmitter what kind of food is going to consume, and a microcomputer in this unit will be responsible for regulating the expulsion of insulin in the correct amount and the right time. Asimismio, this apparatus has the ability to bring such a concentrated amount of insulin, which the patient can eat freely for almost three months and it is possible to fill it again without having to remove the body.

It should be noted that today this device is still a period of experimentation, so it does not reach the market. However, it is certain that if it ends to verify their effectiveness by regulating the level of blood sugar of diabetic certainly lessen the severity of diabetic complications, such as gangrene and blindness. We also continue to varied studies designed to create methods to consume oral insulin; studies have been tested in laboratory mice with moderately satisfactory results.

On the other hand, is considering the possible transplantation of "Islets of Langerhans (the site where the pancreas produces insulin), but you have to first solve the problems of rejection that are presented in such transplants. Every day the investigations are more stimulating and envisions a future filled with hope for a more practical and effective control of diabetic patients.