For Diabetics, a Longtime Goal Is Within Reach
SUMMARY: Each day, more than a million people in the U.S. with Type 1 diabetes juggle measuring their blood-sugar levels and administering insulin doses. Now a new generation of medical research and engineering has brought health care closer to a long-sought goal: small implantable devices that continuously monitor blood-sugar levels and administer insulin when needed. Devices that do, in effect, what a pancreas should.