Our Cells, Our Selves

The Partnership in Education is a program located at Duquesne University that is passionate about improving STEM education and health literacy. Funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, we specialize in creating innovative, hands-on educational products that make science engaging and fun for teachers, their students, and learners of all ages.
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Summary

Explore the evolution of metabolism and its role in diabetes!

Travel along on a richly-animated, dreamy bedtime story and explore the wonders of the immune system through the eyes of 7-year old Sylvie, who has just been diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. Trace its development through hundreds of millions of years, from the metabolism of early organisms to today. Learn what happens when things go wrong and how regenerative medicine might hold the potential for future cures for auto-immune diseases, like Juvenile Diabetes.

Our Cells, Our Selves debuted at the Carnegie Science Center Buhl Planetarium as the world’s first digital-dome planetarium show about regenerative medicine!



Resource Contact:
Pollock, John A – PhD