# Promising research? **URL:** \ **Category:** T1 Research\ **Tags:** insulin\ **Created:** [November 4, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563 "2017-11-04T01:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563/1 "2017-11-04T01:22:58Z")
> **[Artificial insulin-releasing cells may make it easier to manage diabetes |...](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/artificial-insulin-releasing-cells-may-make-it-easier-manage-diabetes)** > > Synthetic cells crafted in the lab could provide a more precise, longer-lasting diabetes treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563/2 "2017-11-04T02:01:16Z")
Are you toying with me CL? I have stopped reading these because they always disappoint me. Tell me about it. ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563/3 "2017-11-04T02:27:21Z")
Synthetic insulin delivery cells…worked in mice to control BG…might work in us…someday… ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563/4 "2017-11-04T02:30:57Z")
Sounds amazing…and a little too good to be true. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563/5 "2017-11-04T02:31:15Z")
Good research, well supported group: > [@](#): > > This work was supported by grants from the American Diabetes Association (grant no. 1-15-ACE-21 to Z.G.), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Sloan Research Fellowship to Z.G.), National Science Foundation (grant no. 1708620 to Z.G.) and NC TraCS, NIH’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA, grant no. 1UL1TR001111) at UNC-CH. Neat idea, basically they constructed artificial beta cells and they worked in mice for up to 5 days. Would be awesome if a diabetic only needed a couple shots a week and the beta cells just did their thing. The article references a publication in Nature (i.e. prestigious) that will be published. I look forward to reading it. Looks very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563/6 "2017-11-04T02:52:41Z")
> [@CatLady](#): > > worked in mice to control BG I swear, I wish I was a diabetic mouse! They get all the good stuff, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![joshualevy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/joshualevy/32/2189_2.png) [@joshualevy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/joshualevy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563/7 "2017-11-06T03:17:22Z")
This researcher (Zhen Gu) is also working on a smart insulin patch. (The idea is that the material in the patch lets more insulin flow into the body, if the BG levels are higher, and less insulin as the BG levels drop.) This research is being funded by JDRF and others. It sounds to me like he is trying to use the materials science research in both a smart patch and smart cells. To Eric: I feel your pain about the diabetic mouse getting all the cures, but I do think that mice are better for testing these kinds of functional cures, as compared to testing immunology. It’s clear that mice immunology is quite different than human immunology, and many things that work in mice fail in people. However, this “smart cell” or “artificial cell” is much more a physical thing. The important components here are cell membranes and chemicals, etc. I think those are much more similar between mice and people when compared to immunology. Joshua My blog: [http://cureresearch4type1diabetes.blogspot.com/](http://cureresearch4type1diabetes.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563/8 "2017-11-06T15:27:58Z")
> [@CatLady](#): > > worked in mice Famous last words where Diabetes is concerned. lol. I remain very hopeful, though, that there is some breakthrough that works for both “Of mice AND men”