I think it was the day after I was diagnosed that I was introduced to the
artificial pancreas system
They were talking to me about the research
What it's for and that I could be part of it
I said "I wanna do it, I really wanna do it"
Hi, Katie do you understand why
children's research is different from adult's research?
I don't actually
The reason that it's very different is because
glucose is very variable in children
much more probably than adults
We have to really protect children
much more so than we do with adults
What do you think is the most exciting
development in children's research?
Well, the artificial pancreas has
definitely got to be right at the top
We have an algorithm on a mobile phone that talks to the devices
This technology is innovative
It's new, it's exciting
It's progressive
It makes the management of your glucose much easier
hour by hour and day by day
Why is this research so important?
We know that this will reduce the
complications of type one diabetes in later life
Because of the research that
we've been doing here in Cambridge over the past 10 years,
now we're at a stage
where the technology has transformed the
management of children with type one diabetes
They can use this technology at home, at school
So these benefits from he research in the past
are now safely being used around the world
It makes me feel really nice
It makes me feel like I'm helping towards something
that's really quite important
and can really make difference in lots
of other children's lives
