Type 1 Diabetes News

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016

Esysta Smart Insulin Pen for Diabetes Supports Automatic Bluetooth Data Transfer

Emperra GmbH of Potsdam, Germany, is expanding its Esysta diabetes management product systems with what it says is the first Bluetooth insulin pen. The Esysta BT smart insulin pen logs injected insulin doses ... Read more

August 9, 2016August 9, 2016

New Test Might Predict Kidney Disease in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Patients

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A team of researchers led by Ioannis Papassotiriou, PhD, of Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital in Athens, Greece has successfully tested a method for early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diabetic nephropathy ... Read more

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016

Study Shows Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Benefit Diabetes Patients

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Scientists may be one step closer to understanding the reason why simvastatin, a drug normally used to lower cholesterol, is also beneficial for inflammatory diseases such as diabetes.

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016

Manufactured Stem Cells Might Boost Development of New Diabetes Therapies

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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be generated from adult cells. Because iPSCs have the potential to develop into any cell type in the human body, they hold an enormous therapeutic potential in a ... Read more

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016

Positive Data for Glytec’s Glucommander Presented to American Diabetes Association

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Glytec, together with collaborators, presented five abstracts at the American Diabetes Association (ADA)’s 76th Scientific Sessions June 10-14 in New Orleans that focused on diabetes care, particularly in the way Glucommander software helps ... Read more

June 17, 2016June 17, 2016

Diabetes No Longer Interrupts Social Dining with New Mealtime Delivery Patch

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People with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes using the One Touch Via delivery system had fewer missed insulin doses and less stress compared to multiple daily injections, according to data presented at ... Read more

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016

Viral Respiratory Infections in Babies Increase Risk for Type 1 Diabetes, Study Shows

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A team of researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, in Neuherberg, Germany, discovered that viral respiratory infections during the first six months of life increases the risk of type 1 ... Read more

May 6, 2016May 6, 2016

Pancreatic Islet Transplantation Effective in Type 1 Diabetes-associated Hypoglycemia Treatment

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Transplantation of purified human pancreatic islets in patients with type 1 diabetes leads to glycemic control and prevents hypoglycemia, according to the findings of a recent Phase 3 clinical trial. The ... Read more

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016

Get Up and Move — Today Is 2nd Annual ‘Get Fit Don’t Sit Day’

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The American Diabetes Association (ADA), the U.S.’s leading voluntary health organization dedicated to advance research, prevention, care, and treatment of diabetes, announced the second annual “Get Fit Don’t Sit Day”, ... Read more

April 6, 2016April 6, 2016

Hopes Raised for Potential Diabetes Treatments with Newly Discovered Immune Treg Cells

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Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, discovered a new type of immune cell that’s predisposed to become a regulatory T regulatory, or Treg cells, countering immune reactions. ... Read more