Bionic pancreas helps control diabetes, study says

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Bionic pancreas helped manage blood sugar in type 1 diabetics

People with type 1 diabetes who used a “bionic” pancreas were better able to control their blood sugar levels than those who monitored their levels manually, a small new study shows.

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Partnership with Spinoff Company May Soon Lead to Clinical Trials of Metabolic Syndrome Drug

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(SALT LAKE CITY)—University of Utah researchers have discovered that an enzyme involved in intracellular signaling plays a crucial role in developing metabolic syndrome, a finding that has a U of U spinoff company developing a drug to potentially treat the condition.

The researchers, led by Jared Rutter, Ph.D., professor ofbiochemistry, hope to begin human clinical trials of a drug in the next couple of years.

“The approved drug therapies do not treat or prevent this condition in most people,” says Rutter, senior author of a study describing the research published July 3, 2014, in Cell Reports.“But given the results of our research with mouse and rat models, we are hopeful that metabolic syndrome can be effectively treated with drug therapy someday soon.”

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