Artificial pancreas safe for kids with type 1 diabetes... Artificial pancreas safe, effective in young children with type 1 diabetes 10 Mar,`18 — Children aged 7 to 13 years with type 1 diabetes who used an artificial pancreas system for 3 months experienced a reduction in HbA1c and an improvement in time to glucose values in the target range, without any episodes of severe hypoglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis, according to study data presented here.