Deboki Chakravarti

This video is part of “Innovations In: Kidney Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Imagine it’s the first day of summer, and you have a pool full of water that’s so clear you can see straight through it. You have big plans to splash around and cool off in it all summer long. But then the filter breaks. Anything that gets into the pool seems to stay there.

This video is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Have you ever thought about how your body turns food into energy? Or just how carefully it has to manage that process? On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing.

Produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. This video is part of an editorially independent special report. Narrator: Have you ever thought about how your body turns food into energy or just how carefully it has to manage that process? When we eat, the glucose from our food gets stored in the liver as glycogen.