Diabetes: We Care

A few years ago, Dr. Chen had the opportunity to share in the joys and sorrows of children afflicted with diabetes during an evening outing at a local summer camp.  At the meeting, there were many heartfelt interactions between these children, their families, and Dr. Chen.  What touched Dr. Chen the most, was when a small child, about 2-3 years old, who was diagnosed as type 1 diabetic, put her small hand in Dr. Chen’s hand and showed to Dr. Chen, the child’s painful daily experience to test her blood glucose.  It was while holding the small hand of this child in Dr. Chen’s palm, that Dr. Chen felt that this was a turning point in her life.  It was at that silent moment, that Dr. Chen realized her need to make a difference in the lives of these children, and for other patients with unmet needs. The image of this little girl was forever etched into Dr. Chen’s mind. It has become an everlasting source of strength to encourage ABS to move forward in haste to develop its revolutionary technologies and innovative medical devices for diabetes around the world.
 

E. T. Chen1*, S-H. Duh2, C.
Ngatchou1, J. T. Thornton3 and P.T. Kissinger4, Selectivity Study for a Reagent-less and Enzyme-free Nanopore Glucose Sensor Against Interferences from Non-glucose Sugars and Other Substances, in press, Proceedings of Nanotech World Conference,  2011.