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• Series 4 episode 6: Hannah Robinson and Nick Thomas. Taking immunotherapy to delay adult-onset Type 1 diabetes

  Hannah Robinson was the first adult in the UK to be given the new immunotherapy drug Teplizumab, which aims to slow down the development of type 1 diabetes. Hannah had multiple pancreatic autoantibodies and hence is on the path to developing Type 1 diabetes (Series 4 Episode 3). Her consultant, Nick Thomas, arranged 14 consecutive daily hospital visits for her to receive the drug through a drip. Send us a text

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• Series 4 episode 5. Jerry Gore and Rob Andrews. Living life on the edge with Type 1 diabetes.

  Jerry Gore has always lived life on the edge; he had tackled some of the highest, and most inhospitable mountain climbs in the world before he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes aged 40.  His Type 1 diabetes has not held him back and he has learnt how to live well with his Type 1 diabetes when climbing at extreme altitude and bitter cold.  He helps people living with Type 1 diabetes throughout the world, especially in S E Asia as co-founder of Action4Diabetes (A4D). Rob Andrews is a national expert helping people with Type 1 diabetes to adapt their diabetes care so they can do any extreme activity including mountaineering, long distance swimming, and endurance cycling.Send us a text

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• Series 4 episode 4. Chris Bright and Rob Andrews. Type 1 diabetes and Elite Sport.

  Chris Bright was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes aged 8 but this did not stop him having a very successful football career including playing international futsal for Wales. He describes the challenges he faced and how he over came them.  He has established The Diabetes Football Community that supports football for everyone living with Type 1 diabetes. Dr Rob Andrews helps people with Type 1 diabetes compete in all sports at the highest level.  He has set up the Exercise for Type 1 Diabetes (EXTOD) education program for patients and healthcare professionals.Send us a text

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• Series 4 episode 3: Hannah Robinson and Nick Thomas

  First steps in delaying adult-onset Type 1 diabetesWhen Hannah Robinson was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and found to have islet auto-antibodies she was recognised as being on the path to future Type 1 diabetes.  With help from her diabetes consultant, Dr Nick Thomas, she became the first adult in the UK to be given Teplizumab, a new treatment that delays the onset of Type 1 diabetes.Send us a text

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• Series 4 Episode 2. Rachel Besser. Identifying children before they develop Type 1 diabetes

  Dr Rachel Besser explains how new treatment options means it is now important to identify children before they get symptomatic Type 1 diabetes.  Rachel is working to make sure testing for risk of Type 1 diabetes is done in the best way for children and their families.Send us a text

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