Your body vs. Implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler
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Insulin pumps improve the lives of millions of people with diabetes around the world by monitoring blood sugar, delivering insulin, and preventing the need for constant finger-pricking. But there’s a catch: they’re temporary. And it’s not only insulin pumps that have this problem, but all bodily implants. Why is that? Kaitlyn Sadtler details how our immune system reacts to foreign bodies.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Kaitlyn Sadtler
- Director
- Andrew Foerster
- Animator
- Andrew Foerster
- Designer
- Andrew Foerster
- Editor
- Andrew Foerster
