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msegoviaFriday, February 19, 2010. Artificial Pancreas - Type 1 Diabetes. Type 1 diabetes results from the body's failure to produce insulin, the hormone that "unlocks" the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. It is an autoimmune disease in which the body views the beta cells (insulin producing cells found in the islets of the pancreas) as a foreign substance, so the patient's immune system attacks the islets and kills them. As well as obviating the need for multiple daily finger prick tes...
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