Why I Am So Geeked About a Bionic Pancreas

My phone rang and I saw that it was a good friend from another state, calling in the middle of a work day.The time was odd, so I immediately thought: This must be some really good or really bad news of some sort.Turns out, it was more of a ‘diabe…

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