Jorge Ferrer
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Jorge Ferrer
@jorge-ferrer.bsky.social
Interested in how genome regulation and genetics shape β cells and diabetes pathways (and just as excited about each of these on their own)

Centre for Genomic Regulation – CRG, Barcelona.
Imperial College London; CIBERDEM
Reposted by Jorge Ferrer
These are VERY rough estimates, but here's life expectancy after diagnosis of type-I diabetes over the past 150 years.

It was Banting and Best's discovery of how to isolate insulin in 1921 — not some fucking cooking class — that gave people including my daughter a new lease on life.
May 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM