Episode 12: Bart Roep, PhD, Chan Soon-Shiong Shapiro Distinguished Chair in Diabetes, Founding Chair of the department of Diabetes Immunology at City of Hope
In this episode, Bart Roep joins Monica Westley to discuss the current and future scientific work in the field of type 1 diabetes. Dr. Roep is the Chan Soon-Shiong Shapiro Distinguished Chair in Diabetes and the founding chair of the Department of Diabetes Immunology within the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope. He serves as project director for The Wanek Family Project for type 1 diabetes at City of Hope, an ambitious initiative committed to developing a cure for type 1 diabetes.
Dr. Roep- "Immunotherapy isn't going to be good enough, we need to have beta cell therapy on top. That will be the perfect storm to treat type 1 diabetes."
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