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HRH AT DUNDEE DIABETES CENTRE
Her royal Highness the Duchess of
rothesay met world-leading researchers
at a Dundee Hospital who are pushing
back the boundaries of knowledge on
type 1 diabetes. she visited the clinical
research centre at ninewells Hospital,
Dundee, as President of JDrf, the type 1
diabetes charity. there she met Professor
rory mccrimmon, clinical reader for
Division of cardiovascular and Diabetes
medicine, and his team including Dr
Priya george, on their research into
hypoglycaemia. Professor mccrimmon,
who has been actively engaged in type
1 diabetes research for nearly 20 years,
said: “my hope is that through increasing
our understanding of why hypoglycaemia
unawareness develops, we will be able to
develop strategies to treat or prevent it in Darcey McDonald, who lives with type 1 diabetes, hands a bouquet of flowers
future. We have made good progress and to the Duchess of rothesay as she arrives for the visit at Dundee Hospital.
we are grateful to JDRF for its support.
JDrf’s chief executive karen addington (red dress) looks on.