Tackling type 1 diabetes

Around 400,000 people in the UK have type 1 diabetes, 30,000 are children. Professor Lucy Walker explains how she and her team are working to prevent this increasingly prevalent disease.

Professor Lucy Walker
Professor Lucy Walker
Beta cells on the pancreas surface, insulin and leukocytes inside the blood vessel
Beta cells on the pancreas surface, insulin and leukocytes inside a blood vessel

At the moment, once you've got type 1 diabetes, you’ve got it for life. But one day I hope they will find a cure so people don't have to go through what I have.

Jess Harris, Patient