Type 1 Diabetes News

February 22, 2016February 22, 2016

Likelihood of Type 1 Diabetes Complications May Depend on Point Mutations in Vitamin B1 Transporters

Researchers investigated point mutations in two transporters of vitamin B1, a regulator of glucose metabolism, into the cells of type 1 diabetes patients and found that two specific mutations were ... Read more

February 1, 2016February 9, 2016

New Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Allows Insulin-Producing Cells to Thrive

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Two novel studies reported a new potential way of treating diabetes — a device that, once implanted in mice, protected human stem cell-derived beta cells from destruction by the immune system and allowed insulin ... Read more

December 9, 2015December 9, 2015

Report Reveals Diabetic Patients’ Struggle to Manage the Disease

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According to a HealthMine report based on a survey of people diagnosed with diabetes and pre-diabetes, diabetic patients still struggle to manage their disease. The report, entitled “HealthMine Diabetes Report: The ... Read more

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015

Children at Risk for Type 1 Diabetes May Benefit from Early Probiotic Use

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A recent study published in the JAMA Pediatrics journal revealed that exposure to probiotics during the first 27 days in the life of an infant with increased genetic risk for type ... Read more

August 17, 2015August 18, 2015

Integrated Treatment Needed for Eating Disorder-Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

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Many type 1 diabetes patients discover that when they reach their teenage years, they can control their weight by reducing or restricting the amount of insulin they inject. Young diabetics ... Read more

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015

Proven BCG Vaccine For Tuberculosis and Bladder Cancer Could Reverse Type 1 Diabetes

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A phase II clinical trial to assess the ability of a generic vaccine called bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes recently received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. Denise ... Read more

April 28, 2015August 20, 2015

Swedish Study Determines That Maternal Obesity and Overweight Increases Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Children

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A recent study of more than 1.2 million children in Sweden published in the journal Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) has determined that children of parents ... Read more

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015

Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes Have an Extremely Increased Risk of Hospitalization

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A new study recently published in the journal BMJ Open revealed that children with type 1 diabetes in Wales, especially preschoolers, are at an extremely high risk of hospital admission. ... Read more

April 15, 2015April 15, 2015

Serious Life Events During Childhood Increase the Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

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Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden recently published in the journal Diabetologia the finding that a serious life event during childhood increases the risk for the development of type 1 diabetes. ... Read more

March 27, 2015March 27, 2015

Semma Therapeutics Receives $44 Million Funding Led By MPM Capital To Develop Type 1 Diabetes Cell Therapy

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Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Semma Therapeutics, a biotech company currently developing a cell therapy for Type 1 diabetes, has secured $44 million Series A equity financing and strategic funding. The financing is ... Read more