The Roots of Type 1 Diabetes

Diving Into Diabetes by Diving Into Diabetes

Episode notes

What do we know about the developmental stages of type 1 diabetes (T1D), and how can this understanding ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes?

Our host, Dr. Alice Cheng, explores these questions with Dr. Bruce Perkins, Professor, Endocrinologist, Epidemiologist, and Clinician-Scientist in the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

Our experts kick off the discussion by identifying the key differentiators between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, before diving into the presence and involvement of autoantibodies in the development of T1D. Dr. Perkins details the stages of T1D, and explains how identification of early stages has the potential to

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