One in Six Billion
A podcast about diabetes and genes hosted by Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd.
One in Six Billion
Series 1 Episode 7: Pam Bowman – writing the next chapter in neonatal diabetes
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Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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In this episode, Maggie and Andrew talk to Dr Pam Bowman, the doctor scientist, whose research has greatly advanced our understanding of neonatal diabetes. Pam showed treatment with sulphonylurea tablets control the glucose excellently in the long term and she transformed our understanding of how thinking, and development are altered by the change in the potassium channel gene.