# Science changes lives

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# diabetic not different

Science Changes Lives: From glass syringes and insulin bottles to a handy pen

Liz Murphy is one of tens of thousands of Irish people benefiting from huge research into treating diabetes.

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Sep 20th 2014, 8:31 PM

# Experimental

Science Changes Lives: Medical trial is saving me from illness that took my two sisters

A genetic test pinpointed a destructive lung condition in Michael McNamee’s family – now experimental medicine is helping him to beat the odds.

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Sep 13th 2014, 8:30 PM

# wired for sound

Science Changes Lives: The day I finally heard the world in stereo

How a cochlear implant brought Caroline Carswell into a new world of sound: “like going from a song played on a flute, to one played by a full orchestra”.

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Sep 6th 2014, 8:39 PM

# setting the pace

Science Changes Lives: Pacemaker for a 28-year-old footballer? Yes, it saved me

Sean Prunty was diagnosed with a cardiac condition that put paid to his job as a footballer – but technology has given him a new path in life.

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Aug 31st 2014, 10:15 AM

# Science changes lives

Science Changes Lives: The musician who composes in the blink of an eye

Cillian McSweeney has cerebral palsy but uses Eyegaze technology to give him a voice through songwriting.

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Aug 24th 2014, 6:30 PM