Diabetes

‘Smart’ Insulin Patches Developed at UNC

July 4, 2017

Glucose-responsive “smart insulin patches” like this one developed by UNC and N.C. State could one day simplify the way people manage diabetes.( Image credit: COURTESY OF ZHEN GU) For the 29 million Americans living with diabetes, a [more...]

Smartphone-Controlled Cells Could Pump Insulin for Diabetics

May 18, 2017

A researcher uses a smartphone to control light levels in mice with implanted LED discs. Scientists in China have used a smartphone and a technique called optogenetics to precisely control cells to deliver insulin to diabetic mice. The [more...]

Indigo Announces Successful Series A Financing Round

December 28, 2016

Indigo Diabetes nv (Indigo), a spin-off from Ghent University (UGent) and imec, today announces the successful closure of a 7 million Euros series-A financing round. The funding is provided by an international investment syndicate led by [more...]

Sanofi, Google Parent form $500 Million Diabetes Joint Venture

September 18, 2016

French drugmaker Sanofi (SASY.PA) and Verily, the life sciences unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc(GOOGL.O), on Monday said they would invest about $500 million in a joint venture combining devices with services to improve diabetes care, [more...]

Invasive Measurement of Blood Glucose No Longer Necessary

February 5, 2016

A group of researchers, led by Prof. Yuji Matsuura of Tohoku University’s Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, has developed a method of measuring blood glucose using far infrared light, which is both harmless and non-invasive. [more...]

Insulin-Producing Pancreatic Cells Created from Human Skin Cells

January 7, 2016

Functioning human pancreatic cells after they’ve been transplanted into a mouse. [Image credit: Saiyong Zhu] Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have successfully converted human [more...]

Google Has Filed a Patent For A Needle-free Blood Draw

December 5, 2015

Google might be joining the needle-free blood test party. The company has filed a patent for a “needle-free blood draw” system that can be used either as a wearable on a person’s wrist or as a hand-held device that takes [more...]

Researchers to Develop Breathalyzer-type Low Blood Sugar Warning Device for Diabetes

October 25, 2015

Researchers in the Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute Lab are developing nanosensors to Identify the signature breath odorants that are produced in human breath by specific volatile organic compounds that are created by the [more...]

Mayo Clinic, Partners To Develop NFC-Driven Glucose Monitoring Tech

August 2, 2015

Gentag and NovioSense, developers of diabetes sensors, along with German chip-maker Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS), are forming a joint venture with healthcare institution Mayo Clinic to combine their [more...]