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Briefing
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- Smartphone Controlled Insulin Stimulator – Chinese researchers made smartphone app that turns on engineered cells implanted in diabetic mice to produce insulin
- How It Works – When mouse’s blood sugar gets too high (as detected by glucose meter), smartphone app switches on LEDs placed under mouse’s skin, triggering engineered cells to release insulin
- Study Results – Blood sugar of mice that were given insulin stabilized in less than two hours without turning hypoglycemic, state when blood sugar reaches less than normal levels
- Applications – Could solve problem for 415 million adults globally with diabetes that need to inject themselves with insulin daily
- Next Steps – Require testing on larger animals for longer than 15 days
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Healthcare/Health Sciences, Information Technology
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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April 27, 2017
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