AMC to lead artificial pancreas programme
Amsterdam University's medical centre said on Tuesday it is to lead a European project to develop an artificial pancreas for people with type 1 diabetes. The consortium, made up of seven academic institutions and five private companies, will work on the project for the next four years. It has been given €10.5m in funding by the European Commission.
The device measures the glucose levels in the blood in realtime and administers insulin when needed. This direct feedback mechanism will keep the blood sugar at a constant level which is important for longterm patient welfare. The consortiumpartners plan to develop special software algorithms that take into account and to some extend predict factors that influence glucose levels like diet,glucose production by the body itself, stress, menstrual cycle and exercise.
Source (Dutch): AMC
