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Yeah sadly that is what the marketing term means. Personally my bar would be fully automatic and insulin and glucagon at a a minimum.

• jaggederest 5y ago
  Interesting, I didn't know that Type 1 diabetes involved impaired glucagon regulation as well - the beta cells only really produce insulin and amylin, but from reading the wiki briefly there are knock-on effects in other areas. Cool stuff, hopefully the technology continues to improve and produce something resembling a true artificial pancreas soon, or maybe beta cell regeneration therapies.
  • porknubbins 5y ago
    I believe diabetics can mostly only raise their blood sugar by eating, or accidentally by other mechanisms such as high intensity exercise causing adrenaline spikes. Type 1 diabetes would be a much less serious disease if you didn’t have to maintain a narrow range of blood sugar between the Scylla and Caribdis of unconsciousness due to lows and organ damage due to highs.
  • guywhocodes 5y ago
    My understanding is that it's not as total as insulin deficiency and of course that the function is not as critical has caused it to go largely unnoticed.
    • jaggederest 5y ago
      Yeah for sure, I certainly didn't know about it, and I've been an interested observer of the technology around diabetes for a while.