Chemistry Program Presents
Continuous Glucose Monitoring using Engineered Biosensors
Harvard Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Center
The symptoms of diabetes are mainly caused by diabetics’ inability to regulate their blood glucose level. This is due to their lack of functioning beta cells, which secrete a hormone called insulin in response to elevating glucose level, which in turn signals the body’s cells to uptake glucose. In order to manage the disease, most diabetics utilize a combination of glucose monitoring device and intramuscular insulin injection. To bypass the hassle of multiple daily injections as well as the discontinuous nature of the system, we seek to invent an alternative solution by engineering patient’s own tissue to continuously report blood glucose level to an implanted insulin pump, thereby serving as an artificial pancreas.
For more information, call 845-752-2354, or e-mail [email protected].
Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium