
One in Six Billion
A podcast about diabetes and genes hosted by Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd.
Podcasting since 2023 • 47 episodes
One in Six Billion
Latest Episodes
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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36:46

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 fr...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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25:48

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...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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24:24

Series 4 Episode 1. Richard Oram. First steps towards preventing Type 1 diabetes
Richard Oram explains how recent advances have meant we can now delay type 1 diabetes with immunotherapy. To do this we need to be able to identify people at very high risk of developing Type 1 diabetes. Richard thinks genetic analy...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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24:28

Series 3 Episode 17. Jennifer and Helen. Prader Willi syndrome: hunger that never goes away
Jennifer and her mother Helen explain how being born Prader Willi syndrome has had a lifelong impact. One challenge is that Jennifer is continually hungry, and so limiting access to food is needed at all times.
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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33:22
