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SUMMARY:“Diabetes in Childhood: Yesterday\, Today and Tomorrow” - Dr J
 eremy Allgrove
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CONTACT:R.D. Obute
DESCRIPTION:Until the discovery and first use of insulin in 1922\, a diagn
 osis of what we now know as Type 1 diabetes was effectively a death senten
 ce. Despite the major advances that have taken place in the treatment of d
 iabetes\, it remains a devastating disease which still has a major impact 
 on life morbidity and mortality.\n\nCurrent research is directed towards b
 oth the development of an ‘artificial pancreas’ which combines sensor 
 systems with insulin pumps and towards methods of preventing diabetes in s
 usceptible individuals or even replacing pancreatic function.\n\nDr Jeremy
  Allgrove\, consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist\, Director of the East L
 ondon Centre for Paediatric & Adolescent Diabetes\, and part of NICE guide
 lines development group on the diagnosis and management of Type 1 Diabetes
 \, will be talking on the history and the exciting developments in Diabete
 s \n\nBest wishes\,\nLewis Society of Medicine.\n
LOCATION:McCrum Lecture Theatre (behind the Eagle pub)
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