Why he matters in this case
Prof. Chase approaches the insulin-evidence problem differently from Dr Adel Ismail. Where Dr Ismail addresses the laboratory assay itself, Prof. Chase addresses the physiology. His published modelling work — developed over two decades of clinical collaboration in neonatal and adult intensive care — asks a direct question: given the Crown’s theory of what was done (insulin added to a TPN bag), and given the baby’s observed glucose and C-peptide pattern, are the reported insulin values physiologically plausible?
His answer: no. The reported insulin values (4,657 pmol/L in one case) are in the range seen in adult attempted-suicide patients who have injected hundreds of units of insulin. They cannot reasonably be produced by the mechanism the Crown proposed.
Professional background
- Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, NZ.
- Co-developer of the STAR / SPRINT glucose-control protocols used clinically in intensive-care units in multiple countries.
- Published widely in peer-reviewed journals on insulin sensitivity modelling, glucose variability, and the analytical limits of clinical-laboratory insulin measurement.