Yale School of Medicine - For Humanity: Diabetes and Metabolism Pillar
December 19, 2023ID11108
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- 00:03As creative leaders in medicine and science,
- 00:05we constantly push boundaries to advance
- 00:07medicine for the benefit of humanity.
- 00:10We have led the development of
- 00:12the insulin pump, of drugs that
- 00:14reverse the effects of obesity,
- 00:16and of toplizumab, a new medication
- 00:18that delays type one diabetes.
- 00:19The work at Yale School
- 00:21of Medicine has led to a
- 00:23number of very important,
- 00:25impactful discoveries.
- 00:25One of them, of course,
- 00:27is the insulin pump,
- 00:29which is now the standard of care
- 00:31practically for people with type one
- 00:33diabetes. There are pivotal
- 00:36moments in medicine.
- 00:37Where true transformations occur.
- 00:41We have done a number of studies
- 00:43at Yale to lead to the development
- 00:46of a drug that will delay the
- 00:48onset of type one diabetes in
- 00:51individuals who are at very high risk.
- 00:53This is the first treatment for
- 00:55diabetes since the discovery
- 00:57of insulin 100 years ago.
- 00:59So this profoundly changes
- 01:00our approach to the disease,
- 01:02but it's not the end
- 01:04game. Right now there is an incredible
- 01:07transformation occurring of novel
- 01:09therapies for obesity treatment.
- 01:11Obesity is associated
- 01:13with 200 other diseases,
- 01:15diseases like type 2 diabetes,
- 01:17high blood pressure,
- 01:19high cholesterol, heart disease.
- 01:21Obesity is associated with
- 01:2213 different types of cancer.
- 01:25Because of the environment here,
- 01:27it's possible to think creatively.
- 01:30We need to bring together the
- 01:32resources here and the expertise
- 01:35from the stem cell center,
- 01:38from immunobiology, from engineering,
- 01:39from medicine and others here at Yale.
- 01:44I truly believe that we
- 01:46can transform medicine.
- 01:47We can transform patients lives and
- 01:49I think we're going to do that.
- 01:53Learn how your gift can extend the
- 01:55reach of our cutting edge work that has
- 01:57helped millions connect with
- 01:58the Development Officer today.