The Artificial Pancreas: Scientists race to make the closed-loop glucose management system a reality

Though he’d spent a day and night in the hospital, Thomas Brobson was perky and grinning at 8:30 the next morning. “I’m feeling great,” said Brobson, who has type 1 diabetes. “I haven’t stuck my finger in 24 hours.”

Even with his salt-and-pepper hair, Brobson, who runs a Christmas tree farm in southwest Virginia, doesn’t look his 50 years. He was diagnosed at age 44 and describes his style of blood glucose control as “naturally aggressive.” Yet he didn’t seem to mind handing over the reins of his diabetes management to a computer.

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