This model demonstrates diabetic cell structures. The left model shows a blood vessel that does not have diabetes. This person would be able to produce and uptake insulin. The second model shows a blood vessel that has type one diabetes. They are not able to produce insulin, but they have working insulin receptors. The third model shows a blood vessel with type two diabetes. They are able to produce insulin, but they have desensitized insulin receptors. This model was made by Leah Meersman and Sydney Roe.
Leah and I created a model of an angioplasty. We displayed the plaque buildup in an artery and how an angioplasty removes the plaque. A balloon is inflated in the vessel and the plaque is flattened to widen the vessel so that the blood can flow better.