Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
UK teams are leading the race against a disease which will hit 6.25 million people by 2035 ? 10 per cent of the population ? and already costs the NHS ?1million an hour.
In an exclusive interview, Britain?s most respected diabetes researcher said he was *confident the insulin-deficiency disease would be wiped out by the time he retires in 25 years.
Dr Nick Oliver, diabetes consultant at *Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, said: ?There is a race on, that?s why what we are doing is incredibly exciting.?
Asked whether the disease could ever be cured he added: ?I really hope so. I am reasonably early in my career and there is lots of really exciting work going on behind the scenes.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/healt...-they-can-wipe-out-killer-disease-in-20-years
In an exclusive interview, Britain?s most respected diabetes researcher said he was *confident the insulin-deficiency disease would be wiped out by the time he retires in 25 years.
Dr Nick Oliver, diabetes consultant at *Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, said: ?There is a race on, that?s why what we are doing is incredibly exciting.?
Asked whether the disease could ever be cured he added: ?I really hope so. I am reasonably early in my career and there is lots of really exciting work going on behind the scenes.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/healt...-they-can-wipe-out-killer-disease-in-20-years