One in Six Billion

Series 4 episode 6: Hannah Robinson and Nick Thomas. Taking immunotherapy to delay adult-onset Type 1 diabetes


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Hannah Robinson was the first adult in the UK to be given the new immunotherapy drug Teplizumab, which aims to slow down the development of type 1 diabetes. Hannah had multiple pancreatic autoantibodies and hence is on the path to developing Type 1 diabetes (Series 4 Episode 3). Her consultant, Nick Thomas, arranged 14 consecutive daily hospital visits for her to receive the drug through a drip. 

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