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The prevalence of diabetes during pregnancy is rapidly increasing. In the USA alone, an estimated 1–2% of pregnant women have type 1 diabetes (T1D) or type 2 diabetes (T2D), and an additional 6–9% develop gestational diabetes.1 From 2000 to 2010, the prevalence of gestational diabetes increased by 56%, and the prevalence of existing diabetes among pregnant […]

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José García-Tirado, DTM 2022: Challenges in the development of artificial pancreas systems

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Published Online: Nov 29th 2022

An artificial pancreas is a system made of three parts that work together to mimic how a healthy pancreas controls blood glucose in the body. In this touchENDOCRINOLOGY interview, Dr José García-Tirado (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA) discusses the major challenges in the development of artificial pancreas systems.

The abstract entitled: ‘RocketAP in Practice: Results from Pilot and Feasibility Trials was presented at the 22nd Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting, 03-05 Nov, 2022.

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  1. What are the major challenges in the development of artificial pancreas systems? (0:25)

Disclosures: José García-Tirado discloses grant/research support from Dexcom.

Support: Interview supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Shanice Allen.

Recorded as a highlight of DTM 2022

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