by Dr Sophia Davidson, University of Melbourne Credit: CC0 Public Domain “How many people actually have this disease?” It’s a potentially triggering question at a family BBQ. I had just finished explaining why I’d recently traveled to the U.S. to work on samples from patients with a rare disease called proteasome related autoinflammatory syndrome (PRAAS)....
by University of Edinburgh In Type 1 diabetes the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas are destroyed. Insulin injections maintain health but blood glucose levels can be difficult to control. Currently in the UK it is estimated that approximately 400,000 people in the UK have type 1 diabetes. Controlling glucose The current recommendation for people with...
