{"id":142498,"date":"2023-07-26T11:33:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?p=142498"},"modified":"2023-10-27T10:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:08:27","slug":"a-professors-son-inspired-him-to-invent-a-bionic-pancreas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2023\/07\/26\/a-professors-son-inspired-him-to-invent-a-bionic-pancreas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Professor’s Son Inspired Him To Invent a Bionic Pancreas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed Damiano’s breakthrough automated insulin delivery device, the iLet, could transform life for people with type 1 diabetes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

By Alene Bouranova<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The iLet named one of Time Magazine’s best inventions of 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

People living with type 1 diabetes must check their blood sugar levels up to a dozen times a day to stay alive. But Professor Ed Damiano<\/a> (BME) wondered, what if it didn\u2019t have to be so mentally taxing? When his son, David, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as an infant, the elder Damiano began to consider how he could use his expertise to spare David and others like him a life of constant calculations and worry.<\/p>\n

Nearly a quarter-century later, Damiano has achieved that goal, and the fully automated bionic pancreas that he co-invented has the potential to revolutionize type 1 diabetes management\u2014and transform the lives of millions around the world. In May, his iLet Bionic Pancreas, a high-tech insulin delivery system, achieved FDA clearance for people age six and up who have type 1 diabetes. But it was a long journey to that point, taking years of research, trials, and cutting-edge innovation. And it all started the day Damiano’s wife, pediatrician Toby Milgrome, took David to her office to run tests that might explain the 11-month-old’s lethargy and weight loss<\/p>\n

\u201cToby rushed out the door saying, \u2018David has type 1 diabetes. Our lives have changed forever,\u2019\u201d recalls Damiano.<\/p>\n

Read the full story at BU’s <\/em>The Brink<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo at top: Ed Damiano (BME) and David Damiano (CAS’21, Pardee’21) at Beta Bionics, shortly after the iLet won clearance from the FDA. Photo by Cydney Scott<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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