Prof. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler on the Future of Type 1 Diabetes
Watch the full video on YouTube. EASD TV host, Vivienne Parry speaks with Prof. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, this year’s Claude Bernard Prize Lecture recipient, about her remarkable career in type 1 diabetes research and the evolution of our understanding of the disease.
The conversation traces the journey from early research into the autoimmune nature of type 1 diabetes to pioneering birth cohort studies that revealed how early the disease process can begin. Prof. Ziegler discusses the importance of early detection and screening, the development of approaches to identify people at risk, and the emergence of treatments that can delay progression to clinical type 1 diabetes.
She also reflects on research into possible environmental modifiers, the questions that remain around disease progression, and her long-standing ambition to contribute to the prevention of type 1 diabetes. Finally, Prof. Ziegler discusses the teams, families and research participants who have been central to this work throughout her career.
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Prof. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler
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