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100 Years of Insulin

Adam Walton celebrates the centenary of the discovery of insulin, which is used to treat Type 1 diabetes.

Adam Walton celebrates the centenary of the discovery of insulin,which is used to treat type one diabetes.

Before this discovery, type one diabetes was widely regarded as a death sentence and it was in 1922 that insulin was first successfully used to treat a critically ill patient in Toronto. Since then it has saves countless peoples lives.

Joining Adam to discuss the history of insulin is Kersten T Hall, Author of ‘Insulin: The Crooked Timber’. Describing current diabetes therapy in Wales is Professor Susan Wong from the School of Medicine at Cardiff University. And Dr Julia Townson from the Centre for Trials Research in Cardiff, explains how cutting edge AI technology may help in predicting whether children are more or less likely to develop type one diabetes.

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Jun 2022 06:30

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  • Tue 7 Jun 2022 18:30
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  • Sun 12 Jun 2022 06:30

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