Four-year-old girl makes history in world-first attempt to prevent type 1 diabetes

By Amy Corderoy
Updated June 10 2015 - 10:08am, first published May 29 2015 - 9:40am
Isla Robinson, 4, and her mother Rachel Weldon just before Isla became the first child to be given her own cord blood to prevent her developing type 1 diabetes. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Isla Robinson, 4, and her mother Rachel Weldon just before Isla became the first child to be given her own cord blood to prevent her developing type 1 diabetes. Photo: Edwina Pickles
"It just seemed like a good insurance policy," said Rachel Weldon of the decision to store Isla's cord blood four years ago.  Photo: Edwina Pickles
"It just seemed like a good insurance policy," said Rachel Weldon of the decision to store Isla's cord blood four years ago. Photo: Edwina Pickles

Isla Robinson is a very special little girl. At four years old she might not be old enough to understand it, but on Wednesday she made scientific history.