Aideen Daly's guest appearances

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David Sinclair

Chris Smith

David Spiegelhalter

David Nott

Robert Langer

Jim Collins

Adam Cifu

Vinay Prasad

Edward Bullmore

Dan Gordon

Adam Cohen

Alex London

Paul Fletcher

Andrew Murray

Magdalena Skipper

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Julia Fuchs

In this episode, Drs Aideen Daly and Julia Fuchs join us to discuss the clinical trials for a new 'artificial pancreas' system. This system is designed to manage a type 1 diabetics blood sugar, by integrating a continuous glucose monitor, an app, as well as an insulin pump.We discuss:1) Some of the history of type 1 diabetics, and why diabetics need to inject insulin to regulate their blood glucose.2) Insights gained on from the trials about the system's efficacy3) The difference between a single hormone vs two hormone systemAideen and Julia are clinical researchers in the Hovorka group at the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science in Cambridge, which is focused on developing the artificial pancreas technology.

In this episode, Drs Aideen Daly and Julia Fuchs join us to discuss the clinical trials for a new 'artificial pancreas' system. This system is designed to manage a type 1 diabetics blood sugar, by integrating a continuous glucose monitor, an app, as well as an insulin pump. We discuss: 1) Some of the history of type 1 diabetics, and why diabetics need to inject insulin to regulate their blood glucose. 2) Insights gained on from the trials about the system's efficacy 3) The difference between a single hormone vs two hormone system Aideen and Julia are clinical researchers in the Hovorka group at the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science in Cambridge, which is focused on developing the artificial pancreas technology.

The artificial pancreas with Aideen Daly and Julia Fuchs