Word: glucagon
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...design, a blood glucose monitor signals a subcutaneous device to release insulin and glucagon, which are deficient pancreatic hormones in type 1 diabetics...
...technology depends on an automated software that uses a glucose-control algorithm to determine the appropriate amounts of insulin and glucagon a patient needs, according to Edward Damiano, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University...
...artificial pancreas differs from typical glucose-control methods for type 1 diabetics by including minute injections of glucagon, Damiano added...
...Most people realize that type 1 diabetics have trouble producing insulin, but what is less commonly known is that they often don’t produce enough glucagon,” said Steven J. Russell, an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School who also worked on the project...
...latest artificial pancreas uses glucagon as extra protection by increasing dangerously low glucose levels when a patient is nearing hypoglycemia...
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