New live episode of Talking Diabetes celebrates the decade’s tech advances with Professor Helen Murphy and Professor Roman Hovorka
Talking Diabetes is the official podcast for the Diabetes Times. welcoming renowned academics and healthcare professionals working in the field, the podcast explores the latest innovations, updates and news within the world of diabetes.
In episode 14 of Talking Diabetes Professor Helen Murphy and Professor Roman Hovorka discuss hybrid closed loop systems, focusing on the strength of the hybrid closed-loop app CamAPS FX, while also praising the overall developments in diabetes tech in general.
“The benefits we can now get with hybrid closed loops are so much more than what we were able to obtain with continuous glucose monitoring. It is a massive step forward,” celebrates Professor Murphy.
Murphy is a Professor of Medicine (Diabetes and Antenatal Care) at the University of East Anglia, and a Practicing Clinician. She also serves as Clinical Lead for the National Pregnancy in Diabetes (NPID) audit, which is the largest population-based study in diabetes pregnancy.
Professor Hovorka is a Professor of Metabolic Technology Research at the University of Cambridge. He is also the Director of CamDiab - the company that has developed CAMAPS FX, the advanced adaptive hybrid closed-loop app that automatically adjusts insulin delivery on insulin pumps based on sensor glucose readings.
In the episode, Professor Hovorka discusses his Banting Memorial Lecture on closed loop systems, while Professor Murphy explores mylife Diabetescare pregnancy success using myLife Loop, which is powered by CamAPS FX.
“It was a fantastic opportunity to share the progress we have done and the progress of the whole diabetes tech closed loop system over the last 10 years,” says Hovorka.
The brief yet insightful episode serves as a good introduction to the CamAPS FX app, which you can learn more about here [https://camdiab.com], but also is a welcome celebration of the advanced developments in the diabetes tech landscape of the past decade.
You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/34eYefLWtqyVOBVmYbmzdn?si=1e316a62635f4264