The aim is to combine these two devices, creating what is in effect an artificial pancreas.

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Then by the summer of 2013, he hopes to give the artificial pancreas to children attending a summer camp.

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Her charity is funding the trials in Cambridge and she is optimistic about the long-term potential of an artificial pancreas.

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The potential benefits are enormous, Dr. Charles Zimliki, who chairs the FDA's Artificial Pancreas Critical Path Initiative, testified before a Senate committee last year.

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Karen Addington, chief executive of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, who funded the research said the study provided "proof of principle" of an artificial pancreas.

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Last week, Russell and Damiano visited the Food and Drug Administration offices in Silver Spring, Maryland, to show regulators a prototype for the artificial pancreas.

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However, an artificial pancreas will take many more years to perfect.

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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation who funded the research believe an artificial pancreas would be a major step forward because people will not have to constantly think about their decision.

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And they're coming from more different companies than ever before--Medtronic is working on a device that could serve as an artificial pancreas for treating diabetes, but so is drug giant Roche (otc: RHHBY - news - people ).

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