Diabettech

Welcome to Diabettech – now you’ve found this page, you’re on the path to finding out more about various aspects of Diabetes technology, with a information about CGM systems, DIY Closed Loops, forthcoming insulins and a variety of other aspects. From here you can also find guides and information pertaining to user experiences on a range of topics.

Firstly though, if you’re looking for recent posts…

Latest Posts

If you’re looking for the blog posts, follow this link, but in the meantime, the most recent posts can be found below:

 

  • I Asked AI to Count My Carbs 27,000 Times. It Couldn’t Give Me the Same Answer Twice.

    Ask ChatGPT to estimate the carbs in your lunch. Now ask it again. And again. Five hundred times. You’d expect the same answer each time. It’s the same photo, the same model, the same question. But you won’t get the same answer. Not even close — and the differences are large enough to cause a…

  • 100% Insulin Independence: Why Eledon’s Breakthrough is a Pillar, Not a Cure

    Eledon Pharmaceuticals recently achieved 100% insulin independence in an early-phase islet transplant trial using its anti-CD40L drug, tegoprubart. It’s a massive step forward in transplant immunology that avoids the toxicity of standard drugs. But why isn’t it a cure yet, and how does it fit into the actual blueprint of a functional cure?

  • Explore a Decade of Diabetes Insights with Diabettech AI

    After 10+ years of documenting the diabetes landscape, Diabettech is launching diabettech.ai—a custom research tool designed to help you navigate a decade’s worth of articles and reports. Powered by an LLM interface, this tool allows you to “interrogate” the site’s data to find specific answers on everything from cures to n=1 observations. ​Key highlights of…

  • Now We Know What a Type 1 Cure Could Look Like

    The Type 1 cure is no longer theoretical. Human data now points to a blueprint: working cells, immune evasion, and durable immune modulation.

  • What If Type 1 Diabetes Was Treatable — If You Found It Early Enough?

    For most of its history, type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been diagnosed late. By the time symptoms appear, the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells has usually been underway for years, with a substantial proportion of insulin-producing capacity already lost. The consequences of this late diagnosis are familiar: diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), emergency hospital admissions, and…

  • A “twiist” of Fate: Why Sequel is Moving Beyond Tidepool to Embrace Diabeloop

    For those in the “We Are Not Waiting” camp, the Sequel twiist pump was supposed to be the commercial homecoming for Tidepool Loop. It promised the soul of a DIY algorithm with the support of a medical device giant. But as of their recent announcement today, the narrative has shifted. Sequel Med Tech and Diabeloop…

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DIY Closed Looping – Guides

­The following pages provide a variety of guides for understanding and getting going with DIY Closed Loops

User Resources

We’ve undertaken a number of surveys and studies with users of CGMs and DIY Closed Loops. Those studies can be found in this section:

The Marketplace

The marketplace is a fee free location to exchange looping supplies. That includes pumps and CGM components. Feel free to post what you are willing to pass on, or what you’re looking for.