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Targeting Type 1 Diabetes (Sponsored Content)

2025/6/22
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Aaron Kowalski
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Doug Melton
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Felicia Paliuca
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Jordan Gaspore
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Madison Carter
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Madison Carter: 作为一名1型糖尿病患者，我深刻体会到这种疾病带来的挑战。每天都需要严格控制饮食、频繁测量血糖和注射胰岛素，这给我带来了巨大的心理负担。年幼时，我因血糖过高而险些丧命，妹妹也因糖尿病并发症而去世，这些经历让我一度对控制病情失去动力。但我并没有被击垮，而是选择勇敢面对，积极寻找更好的治疗方法，并努力过好每一天。我希望我的经历能够激励其他患者，让他们知道自己并不孤单，只要坚持下去，就一定能够战胜疾病。

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Award-winning investigative reporter Madison Carter shares her personal journey living with type 1 diabetes since the age of three. From early symptoms and diagnosis to the emotional toll and self-management, she recounts her experiences with raw honesty.
  • Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 3
  • Early symptoms included weight loss, excessive thirst, and fatigue
  • Learned to self-administer insulin injections at age 5
  • Experienced emotional challenges related to managing the disease

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Madison Carter is a fearless investigative reporter. She takes no day for granted because she lives with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Dr. Doug Melton is a world-renowned stem cell researcher and distinguished fellow at Vertex – and his now grown children, Sam and Emma, live with T1D. Along with scientists like Dr. Felicia Pagliuca, who leads Vertex’s research into T1D, he’s been on a quest to help Madison, Sam, Emma, and others like them by investigating the disease at a cellular level.  

Produced by Bloomberg Media Studios and Vertex Pharmaceuticals. 

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