CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- An algorithm that analyzes glucose levels could lead to wireless devices that recommend insulin adjustments in type 1 diabetics, British scientists said.
In a study on children, researchers at the University of Cambridge found an algorithm that analyzed glucose levels and suggested adjustments in insulin doses was more effective than standard diabetes management devices, The New York Times reported Friday.
The discovery someday could aid millions of parents worldwide who need to monitor their children's insulin levels several times nightly to ensure blood sugar levels are stable, the researchers said in Friday's issue of The Lancet, a British medical journal.
The algorithm could be incorporated into a new generation of wireless devices that act as an "artificial pancreas," mimicking the way a healthy pancreas works by sensing unstable glucose levels and dispensing insulin in the correct dose at the correct time.
Today's standard system involves a glucose monitor that operates separately from a preprogrammed insulin pump.
