3.22 Diabetes: can stem cells be a solution? - w/ Giuliano, Rhiannon & Tom Barsby

The Science Basement Podcast

Strap in for a fun episode on a very serious topic: diabetes. This week, postdoc researcher Tom Barsby joins in to discuss how diabetes could be treated with lab-grown cells. Given they can be made "quack"! Tom Barsby is a postdoctoral researcher in the Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program at the University of Helsinki. His research is focused on stem cell models of beta cells and how these cells "go wrong" in people with diabetes. When he isn't wearing a lab coat and wrestling with pipettes, he can probably be found in the warm embrace of a board game or an RPG rulebook. Fun fact reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwGHJTk3W3U Tell us what you think of our podcast! https://forms.gle/jfN2sm2q8ZEUXS7K9 Your hosts this week are Giuliano Didio & Rhiannon Newman Editing by Kerttu Kalander Title & caption by Kerttu Kalander Episode cover by Katja Kaurinkoski TSB Podcast logo by Tomás Garnier Artiñano. Jingle by Havelocke. thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com Follow The Science Basement: Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/ScienceBasement Instagram: @sciencebasement Twitter: @ScienceBasement Email: [e-mail]