# Just saw had to share

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/just-saw-had-to-share/6132>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [January 16, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/just-saw-had-to-share/6132 "2019-01-16T20:09:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![T1john](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/t1john/32/5546_2.png) [@T1john](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1john)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/just-saw-had-to-share/6132/1 "2019-01-16T20:09:41Z")

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### Artificial pancreas?

Giving impetus to the vast canvas of scientific cell research are giant leaps in technological innovation. The University of Miami’s Diabetes Research Institute recently conducted a promising experiment into the development of the world’s first artificial pancreas implant. The team developed the [BioHub](https://www.diabetesresearch.org/BioHub), a small, pancreas-mimicking “organ” made of a clear silicone compound that resembles a nest. Carrying transplanted islet cells that contain beta cells, the nest was implanted into a Type 1 diabetes patient’s omentum — a fatty membrane in the stomach. One year later, the patient has not needed any insulin injections or pumps.

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/just-saw-had-to-share/6132/2 "2019-01-16T20:15:49Z")

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I was interested in this nugget:

> But rather than _suppress_ the immune system and make it weaker, researchers are working to more effectively control, or _regulate_ it.

Implant technology relies on immuno-suppressants right now. It is interesting to read that this project is looking beyind that. They don’t have a solution though.