First insulin injection in 1922 -> "A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells. She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells that were extracted from her own body."🧪⚕️
She is the first person with type 1 diabetes to receive this kind of transplant.
I enjoyed writing this and learned a lot from my coauthors incl @drjesspotter.bsky.social#IDsky [15/15]
Another great 'meet the athletes' on Channel 4. 2 days until #Paralympics24 Can't wait.
Now we need drug companies to lower their prices. And ensure drugs are protected against resistance in the future. See here our article on bedaquiline www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...www.who.int/publications...
New, shorter, less toxic regimens for drug resistant tuberculosis now approved by WHO New shorter DR-TB regimens approved by WHO www.who.int/publications...
Valuable update on long COVID in the Lancet this month. Something I personally have not felt knowledgeable about and sadly something that has not had the response it deserves due to the strain on the NHS. Good to see clear benefit of vaccination and curious that possible benefit of Paxlovid 🩺
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to sever...