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In the lab of the Department of Experimental Medicine based at the University of Leuven, Belgium, directed by Professor Chantal Mathieu, coordinator of the Naimit project. © Lut Overbergh

18 March 2013

Tablet treatment could end child diabetes, says researcher

An experimental tablet treatment for child diabetes, where youngsters have traditionally had to inject themselves with sugar controlling insulin, could end up eradicating the disease altogether, according to the scientist leading the European NAIMIT project.

John Bowis founded the EU Diabetes Working Group when he was a Member of the European Parliament © European Union 2007PE-EP

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18 March 2013

Diabetes – check your feet

Doctors should routinely test people’s feet to check for diabetes, that’s according to a former UK Health Minister and MEP who has become a campaigner for the disease after being diagnosed with it himself.

Professor Frances Ashcroft is a physiologist at the University of Oxford © Robert Taylor/www.taylor-photo.co.uk

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13 March 2013

From wild orchids to injection-free diabetes treatment

It all started with the chance discovery of a country lane full of wild orchids by an inquisitive young girl in rural England. That young girl, Frances Ashcroft, would go on to become one of Europe’s leading diabetes researchers.