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Nov 14, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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🤩 #WorldDiabetesDay is finally here!

This year we're celebrating 100 years since the discovery of insulin & the century of life-changing diabetes discoveries it inspired.

👇 Check out our thread to hear about just a few of the breakthroughs we've seen since 1921... (1/12)
1921: Insulin was discovered 🔬 (2/12) In 1921, Frederick Banting and Charles Best began experiment
1922: The first person was treated with insulin 💉 (3/12) On January 11 1922, Leonard Thompson a 14-year-old boy with
1934: Diabetes UK was founded! 💙 (4/12) We were set up by novelist HG Wells and doctor RD Lawrence -
1977: A revolution in preventing complications 🩺 (5/12) A 20-year clinical trial began, supported by us. It showed t
1977: We bought the first artificial pancreas 🏥 (6/12) It was the size of a filing cabinet and out funding helped P
1983: The first insulin pen is tested 🖊️ (7/12) Dr Sheila Reith and team developed the world's first insulin
1986: Screening for eye damage 👁️ (8/12)
1997: Progress to prevent type 2 diabetes 🚫 (9/12) A pivotal study showed that making changes to diet and exerc
2017: DiRECT shows type 2 remission is possible 🍽️ (10/12) Our largest ever research grant of £2.5 million showed it's
2019: Immunotherapy delays type 1 diabetes ⏳ (11/12) For the first time an immunotherapy, which works to retrain
We look forward to seeing many more incredible #DiabetesDiscoveries in the years to come! 🌟 (12/12)

#100YearsOfInsulin #LabToLife #WorldDiabetesDay

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Jan 11, 2022
💉 Today marks exactly 100 years since Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy dying from type 1 diabetes, became the first person to receive an injection of insulin on 11 January 1922.

A thread 👇 (1/6)
⬇️ Within 24 hours, Leonard’s dangerously high blood sugar levels dropped, but he developed an abscess at the site of the injection and still had high levels of ketones. (2/6)
🔬 Scientists worked day and night on purifying the extract even further, and Leonard was given a second injection on 23 January 1922. This time it was a complete success and Leonard’s blood sugar levels become near-normal, with no obvious side effects. (3/6)
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Nov 13, 2021
🔬 Today, we have one final #LabToLife story lined up for you as we get ready for #WorldDiabetesDay tomorrow!

Today we’re hearing from Beth Williams, a PhD student whose research is looking at how we might be able to prevent kidney disease in people with diabetes… (1/9)
💬 “Diabetes affects so many people worldwide, and I was fascinated by the fact that one condition can lead to such a variety of secondary complications – the treatments for which, are very limited.” (2/9)
“I knew the importance of research in improving this, which inspired me to pursue a PhD in diabetic kidney disease.” (3/9)
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Nov 12, 2021
📢 You say research, I say Friday!

It's that time of week again, and today's #ResearchFriday is all about zombie cells... 🧟 (1/6)
Cells in our immune systems, called T cells, help us fight infections and heal wounds.

As we get older, T cells can sometimes go wrong and become zombie-like. They don't die as cells naturally should and they turn other cells into 'zombies' too. (2/6)
🔬 Dr Sian Henson found that people with #Type2 diabetes have more zombie T cells than people without diabetes. It means wounds don’t heal as quickly and they could make you more prone to infections. (3/6)
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Nov 7, 2020
1/4 On 7th November 1920 – exactly 100 years ago – a Canadian surgeon, Frederick Banting, paid a visit to scientist John Macleod in a meeting that would lead to one of the greatest ever medical breakthroughs.
2/4 Banting wanted help to figure out how to remove insulin from a pancreas, so that it could be used to treat diabetes.
3/4 Together, they began to plan a series of experiments that led to the discovery of insulin and would save the lives of millions of people with diabetes over the next century. Their work continues to change lives and inspires our ongoing commitment to research.
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Apr 1, 2020
(1/6) Lots of you have been asking whether you need to follow the shielding advice from the government. Here are the facts on shielding, and what it means for people with #diabetes.
(2/6) Shielding means staying at home and avoiding all face-to-face contact for at least 12 weeks. It’s a way of protecting extremely vulnerable people who are at a very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus.
(3/6) Who is classed as extremely vulnerable? At the moment, these are people with certain types of cancers and severe respiratory conditions. You can find the full list of people who should be shielding on the government website.
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