Diabetes History
Who first isolated insulin?
Banting and Best
Which Simcrest counselor wakes up to Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" every morning?
Jacob
Define a closed-loop pump.
Which two Simcrest counselors do not attend Notre Dame?
Rob and Kate
Fill in the blank! Steps have been made towards identifying the ____ causes of type 1 diabetes.
genetic
Who did Banting and Best first administer insulin to?
Leonard Thompson
Which Simcrest counselor does not have a driver's license?
Kate
What was the first patch pump called?
The Omnipod!
Which Simcrest counselor got stung by a scorpion this session?
Jillian
Name a potential improvement that is continuously being made to insulin pumps and/or CGMs.
Better closed-loop algorithms, smaller device sizes, less frequent need to change devices
Name one place that diabetes has been documented in ancient history.
ancient Egyptian papyri, ancient Indian and Chinese medical literature, and/or in the work of ancient Greek and Arab physicians
Which Simcrest counselor goes Christmas caroling with his mom at nursing homes every year?
Rob
Name an issue with the implantable insulin pumps that became popular in the 1990s.
Catheter and/or battery life issues
Which Simcrest counselor listens to Million Dollar Baby every night before bed?
Emma
Fill in the blank! A clinical trial at the Indiana University School of Medicine found a drug called DMFO to be relatively effective at protecting ______ in newly-diagnosed patients with residual endogenous insulin production.
beta cells
Who coined the term "diabetes"?
Aretaeus of Cappadocia
Name the Sweeney classes that the Simcrest leadership were in charge of last year.
Rob - choir
Jacob - basketball, advanced basketball
Kate - archery
Grace - boating and canoeing
Sarah - boating and canoeing
Who developed the first insulin pump?
Arnold Kadish
How many Simcrest counselors have twins in their immediate family? (This could include being a twin or having twin siblings) Bonus: name them!
Three - Adeline, Sarah, Kate
Fill in the blank! Researchers found a way to synthesize ____ insulin in 1979, eliminating the need to use ____-_____ insulin.
human, animal-derived
Name the entire Simmons staff from last summer.
Glenda, Eliana, Sarah, Steph, Kate, Rebekah, Jacky, Josie
In what year was the first computer-controlled closed-loop pump released? Bonus: name it!
1974, the Biostator
Name the entire Hillcrest staff from last summer.
Noah, Alan, Jacob, Tommy, Sam, Marc, Pablo, Iain