Continuing from my previous article, here is another one in which I will explore several potential/ experimental treatments for type 1 diabetes (T1D). Insulin replacement has always been the only treatment for patients with T1D, and there is still no one-time cure for diabetes. That is why I wanted to

Although not common, there are a couple type 1a diabetics living among us in school. It is an autoimmune disease resulting in a person’s CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocytes attacking and destroying the β-cells in the pancreas (β-cells are responsible for producing insulin). This results in the patient having hyperglycaemic

‘Stroke’, a word describing a string of symptoms, is closely connected with another word ‘palsy’ (paralysis), deriving from an umbrella Greek term ‘apoplexia’ (apoplexy), meaning being struck by a deadly blow. It was used by Hippocrates to describe his patients’ experiences: sudden pain, unresponsiveness and urinating without awareness. Strokes are

Pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal diseases with a 5-year survival rate over 12% only, claims the lives of over 450,000 people every year. In this essay, we are going to dive into the origins and ways of treating pancreatic cancer.   Throughout history, the origins of pancreatic cancer