“ It’ s not that the clamp technique is new. The novelty is adapting it to studying kids with abnormal blood sugar. That’ s quite unique.”
KRISTEN NADEAU, MD, MS
Pediatric Endocrinologist
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Capturing the composition of a patient’ s breath, Dr. Nadeau measures substrate utilization— whether she’ s burning fat, carbohydrate, protein, or all three— and resting metabolic rate to get a vivid picture of how her insulin is working to metabolize sugar.