Implantable device with insulin-producing cells could offer new long-term management method for type 1 diabetes; study shows cells can survive in body for at least 90 days - AOS for Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

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Implantable device with insulin-producing cells could offer new long-term management method for type 1 diabetes; study shows cells can survive in body for at least 90 days

2mon 21d ago by lemmy.world/u/Innerworld in medicine@mander.xyz from news.mit.edu

Neat idea, but how large are the devices and will they require a port, like an open wound, or will they be surgically implanted?