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Scientists in Cambridge have made an important step towards the developing of a so called artificial pancreas system for organizing the type-1 diabetes in the children.

The team has developed and successfully tested a new algorithm that provides a stepping stone to home testing for the unnatural pancreas. The new study has funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). It shows that using an unnatural pancreas system overnight can extensively lessen the risk of hypoglycemia, when the blood glucose levels drop very while sleeping.

An artificial pancreas system joins a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin pump and uses a sophisticated algorithm that calculate the suitable amount of insulin to deliver the real time glucose readings. It also reduces the requirement for the several daily finger prick tests and insulin vaccination. Artificial pancreas offer better control of blood glucose levels all night.

In a new study, teenagers aged 5 to 18 with type-1 diabetes were studied throughout 54 nights in the hospital. The study has included that when the children went to bed after eating a large evening meal or after completing their early evening exercise.