Murphy HR. 21st century diabetes care: a marriage between humans and technology.
Trends Endocrinol Metab 2013;
24:219-21. [PMID:
23375387 DOI:
10.1016/j.tem.2012.12.006]
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Abstract
Technological advances in the management of diabetes have been described as a stepping stone in the journey towards a cure. These include continuous glucose monitoring, insulin pumps, computerised mathematical algorithms, and closed-loop artificial pancreas systems. The approaches offer the tantalising promise of near-normal glucose control to people with diabetes. However, as is often the case with human/technological interactions, we have the technology but we do not have all the answers.
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