Around the world, scientists and healthcare professionals continue to build on the foundations laid by Nobel Prize laureates. In this short clip from the film Bloodlines, Mississippi, we follow a doctor’s mission to advocate for an often-overlooked community facing preventable losses.
Short clip: “Bloodlines, Mississippi”
“In spite of insulin being discovered decades ago, there are kids who are watching their grandparents lose their legs who think that is the status quo. This is a death sentence for those who get amputated – 80 % will die within five years. And it's preventable.”
Dr Foluso Fakorede
Despite advances in diabetes treatment, amputations continue to devastate communities around the world. Dr Foluso Fakorede is fighting to save lives in the Mississippi Delta – the epicentre of the amputation epidemic – where the odds are stacked against the region’s most vulnerable residents.
The clip above is from the documentary Bloodlines, Mississippi, one in a series of films that explore how researchers and health care professionals are building on the foundation laid by Nobel Prize laureates to prevent and treat diseases today.
The film, and Dr Fakorede’s work, draw inspiration from the legacy of Frederick Banting and John Macleod, recipients of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of insulin; and Werner Forssmann, awarded the 1956 medicine prize for pioneering heart catheterisation, which led to the development of angiography.
The film was made possible through a collaboration between Nobel Prize Outreach and Grain Media, with support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
