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Nothing sucks more than a supermassive black hole

Except for Nebraska, perhaps.

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Love these guys. Valuable info for the inevitable denier arguments ahead.

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Cool!

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This either fits here or in Whatcha Whatchin’?

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https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2210834?query=featured_home

Trial of Hybrid Closed-Loop Control in Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes

List of authors.

  • R. Paul Wadwa, M.D.,* Zachariah W. Reed, M.S.,* Bruce A. Buckingham, M.D.,* Mark D. DeBoer, M.D.,* Laya Ekhlaspour, M.D.,* Gregory P. Forlenza, M.D.,* Melissa Schoelwer, M.D.,* John Lum, M.S.,* Craig Kollman, Ph.D.,* Roy W. Beck, M.D., Ph.D.,* and Marc D. Breton, Ph.D.
  • for the PEDAP Trial Study Group*

This is really exciting. Artificial pancreas for kids developed at UVA. Yay our guys! It’s been a long time coming, but maybe finally ready for prime time!

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Would it work on now-adults who have treated type 1 their entire lives?

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Well, the whole idea is a glucose monitor and insulin pump that talk to each other, so I would think so? But this came out of the peds department, and focused on peds patients, so not certain.

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What I have now is pretty close. I just have to bolus for carbs, and the CGM+pump takes care of the rest.

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We need trans women having babies together. Explode some brains.

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Hell Yeah Gets Excited High Kick GIF

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