The use by diabetes patients of real-time continuous interstitial glucose monitoring (CGM) or the FreeStyle Libre (FSL) flash glucose monitoring (FGM) system is becoming widespread and has changed diabetic practice. The working group bringing together a number of French experts has proposed the present practical consensus. Training of professionals and patient education are crucial for the success of CGM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This article reports a prolonged trial with insulin pumps implanted in patients with type 1 diabetes showing poor glucose control and a high rate of complications.
Methods: We reviewed data from 181 patients undergoing implanted insulin pump therapy. Analysis included hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values, body weight, and diabetes complications status.
Biochim Biophys Acta
April 2001
The CDC25 gene product is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ras proteins in yeast. Recently it has been suggested that the intracellular levels of guanine nucleotides may influence the exchange reaction. To test this hypothesis we measured the levels of nucleotides in yeast cells under different growth conditions and the relative amount of Ras2-GTP.
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