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July 2026: Government declines to widen the Thirlwall terms of reference (16 July) · new 100-page insulin report to the CCRC challenging the trial evidence (9 July) · Thirlwall report still expected no earlier than September · inquests relisted to 2027 · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.

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Dr Adel Ismail

Independent clinical biochemist

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Main contribution

Published authority on insulin-immunoassay interference. Established that the Roche assay used in the case is not a forensic test.

Key claim

The Roche insulin immunoassay can produce the trial result via auto-antibodies, sepsis, adrenal suppression and other non-exogenous-insulin causes; confirmatory mass spectrometry was not performed.

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