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Re:A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care – what'... by haldujai on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:36PM (#37324668)
It's not because of pump issues but more glucagon stability and secondarily whether bihormonal is clinically advantageous.

Tandem is working on a dual chambered pump.

https://diatribe.org/jdrf-and-tandem-diabetes-care-announce-...

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Re:A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care – what'... by iaresee on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:29PM (#37329999)
Yea, but "working on" is a bit different than "readily available and trusted to function well". Everything is harder with two delivery pumps.
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Re:A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care – what'... by haldujai on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @07:28PM (#37330467)
The pump isn't the hard part.
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