Washington, Oct 25 ANI: An international team of researchers is testing an artificial pancreas- computerized, subcutaneous system-hoping that it may one day revolutionise how Type 1 diabetics manage their disease.University of Virginia researchers associated with the project have revealed that the team have already completed the first of several international artificial pancreas clinical trials to test an individually-"prescribed" control algorithm, which regulates blood glucose levels in Type 1 diabetics
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Washington, October 15 ANI: A study on monkeys has shed new light on Blindsight-a phenomenon in which patients with damage in the primary visual cortex of the brain can tell where an object is, even when they are unable to see it.Professor Tadashi Isa and Dr. Masatoshi Yoshida, who led the study at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan, said that they had uncovered compelling evidence that blindsight occurs because visual information is conveyed bypassing the primary visual cortex
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