Episode 191: Understanding Type 1 Diabetes: From Immunology to Treatment

The EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

In this week’s episode, Jonathan is joined by Stephanie Hanna, a Research Fellow for the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation, in the Division of Infection and Immunity, at Cardiff University’s School of Medicine, Wales, UK. In this fascinating episode, the pair discuss all things diabetes, including immunotherapy, the future of diagnosis, and how to predict your diabetes risk.

Use the following timestamps to navigate the content in this episode:

(00:00)-Introduction

(01:22)-Getting into Type 1 diabetes (T1D)

(02:23)-Stages of T1D

(05:04)-Biomarkers of T1D

(07:01)-Phenotypic analysis of T and B-cells

(08:24)-Diabetes progression

(10:11)-Immunotherapy for T1D

(14:00)-Challenges in measuring immune response

(16:22)-Some thoughts on artificial intelligence

(18:11)-How to get involved in a study

(19:27)-Checking your own antibody status

(23:51)-Thyroid eye disease

(25:19)-Risks of overlooking T1D

(27:34)-Three wishes for the future of healthcare