Is diabetes getting on your nerves?
Description
How does diabetes affect their nervous system, and can they do anything about it?Diabetes is a condition that is becoming more and more common. This disease compromises the body’s ability to regulate blood glucose levels. Approximately 10% of the global population will develop type 2 diabetes, and 30-40% of these patients develop neuropathic pain. Neuropathies result when their neurons that can sense pain don’t work correctly. Currently, there is no correlation between how well diabetes is managed and the severity of pain experienced by patients. Using pioneering in vitro stem cell models to develop neurons, Dr. Rachel Wilson has been exploring why this happens.
Dr. Rachel Wilson originally studied Chemistry and Cell Biology at Durham University. In 2018, she joined the Bochukova group at Queen Mary University of London as a Research Assistant and later pursued a PhD, focusing on the genetics of obesity through application of stem cell modelling of the hypothalamus. She is now applying her stem cell expertise within the Clark group at the Blizard Institute, where her research focuses on T2D-associated pain in peripheral sensory neurons.
Walk-ins will be accepted on the night but prebought tickets will be prioritised.
Date
Mon 24th Mar 2025
from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Location
Centre of the Cell
4 Newark Street
London
E1 2AT
Prices
Standard Ticket: £5
Other price options
Concessions: £4
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Centre of the Cell
4 Newark Street
London
E1 2AT
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