<story><title>A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-08-08/the-250-biohack-that-s-revolutionizing-life-with-diabetes</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jimrandomh</author><text>The article, strangely, leaves out the name of the project it&amp;#x27;s reporting on. It&amp;#x27;s OpenAPS, &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openaps.readthedocs.io&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;latest&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openaps.readthedocs.io&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;latest&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; . I use it and have worked on the code. It&amp;#x27;s a &lt;i&gt;massive&lt;/i&gt; health and quality of life improvement over anything that exists which is FDA approved. The core problem is that the FDA-approved devices are optimized not for getting the best result, but for ensuring the manufacturer can&amp;#x27;t be blamed if something goes wrong. But that in practice means kicking most of the important things to the end user and their physician, who can&amp;#x27;t do nearly as good a job as software can.</text></comment>
<story><title>A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-08-08/the-250-biohack-that-s-revolutionizing-life-with-diabetes</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ThJ</author><text>I have type 2 diabetes and I&amp;#x27;ve always been a bit envious of insulin pumps, not because I love having a machine plugged into my body (I don&amp;#x27;t), but because they offer better control of blood glucose peaks, since they use fast-acting insulin exclusively. The pancreas secretes insulin in pulses and pumps can mimic that. What has turned me off from pumps (apart from doctors generally not recommending them for type 2 diabetes) is the lack of a sensing mechanism. This DIY system sounds absolutely perfect. It could keep my blood glucose perfect at all times. At the moment, I&amp;#x27;m injecting in the mornings and the evenings and have little control over my peaks apart from adhering to a strict diet (and we all know how hard that can be), and every peak does a little bit of damage to my eyes, nerves, etc. I&amp;#x27;ve always wanted to have a more sophisticated treatment option, and this may be it.</text></comment>