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GLUCOSE -- NOT A SINGLE MINUTE WITHOUT SURVEILLANCE

August 9, 2005

An amazing device has been invented by the St. Petersburg physicists -- specialists of the Vavilov State Optical Institute. With its help, a patient can learn the glucose concentration in the blood without injections, and if the concentration is rather high, to inject additional amount of insulin into the blood. The device is an artificial pancreas and it will consist of two parts. One part, according to the developers' idea, is slightly larger than a watch battery and can be implanted under the skin near the waist. The other part, the size of a cigarette pack, will be attached outside the body.

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