Do you have a great idea for Type 1 diabetes research? Check out this contest from InnoCentive, which is offering a cash prize of between $2,500 and $5,000 for the best ideas for future projects. The details: This Challenge is asking InnoCentive Solvers to formulate well-defined problems or hypotheses aimed at advancing our knowledge about Type 1 Diabetes and ultimately eradication of the disease. This is a somewhat unusual Ideation Challenge in the sense that the Solvers are not expected to provide a solution to any problem. Rather,...

First, an update to my previous post, which was supposed to be about anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies but was rudely interrupted when I dropped my pump in the toilet: this was a bad idea. Despite the fact that the pump had spent approximately .3 of a second dipped into the tank, it decided it had a “button error” and stopped working, leaving me stranded in Yosemite with no pump and a bottle of Lantus that expired in 2007. I got NPH from the emergency clinic (NPH can be sold over the counter — who knew?) and have spent...