Type 1 Diabetes News

March 12, 2015March 12, 2015

Antibodies in the Blood May Predict Type 1 Diabetes In Infants

Results from a recent study published in the journal Diabetologia indicate that by measuring the presence of specific antibodies in the blood it may be possible to identify who is ... Read more

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015

Ethnicity Influences Diabetes Management and Outcomes in Children

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A team led by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia revealed that racial/ethnic differences among children with type 1 diabetes can influence the management and outcome of the disorder. The study ... Read more

February 24, 2015February 24, 2015

PharmaCyte’s Proprietary Cell Technology to Create Insulin Producing Cells for Type 1 Diabetes

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PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc., a clinical stage firm developing targeted treatments to address diabetes and cancer through Cell-in-a-Box®, its own encapsulation technology for live-cells, recently reported that the company’s partner, the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), published ... Read more

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015

Peer-Mentoring Diabetes Management May Help Teens and Young Adults

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Insulin injections, carbohydrate calculations and blood glucose tests are needed to manage type 1 diabetes. This daily, lifelong effort to keep the disease under control can be daunting to anyone, particularly ... Read more

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015

Type 1 Diabetes May Be Inhibited By a New Compound, Study on Mice Shows

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In a new study entitled, “ROR Inverse Agonist Suppresses Insulitis and Prevents Hyperglycemia in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes,” a team of researchers discovered an inhibitor of Type ... Read more

December 22, 2014December 22, 2014

Type 1 Diabetes Patients’ Lives Can Be Significantly Improved By External Artificial Pancreases

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Dr. Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, an endocrinologist from the University of Montreal, along with colleagues recently conducted a clinical trial that assessed different treatments for type 1 diabetes. The study shows that an external artificial pancreas ... Read more

December 13, 2014December 15, 2014

New Type 1 Diabetes Breath Test for Children Could Aid in Early Diagnosis

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A new study entitled “Comparison of breath gases, including acetone,with blood glucose and blood ketones in children and adolescents with type1 diabetes,” suggests that a new non-invasive diagnostic breath test may ... Read more

December 8, 2014December 17, 2014

More Data About Type 1 Diabetes in Children is Needed, As Questionnaires Often Go Unanswered By Parents

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A new study entitled “Comparison of a French pediatric type1 diabetes cohort’s responders and non-responders to an environmental questionnaire” describes a study to identify predictors of response to environmental questionnaires among ... Read more

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014

Researchers Explore Insulin Resistance in Type 1 Diabetes Patients

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A new study entitled “Insulin resistance and associated factors in patients with Type 1 Diabetes” suggests that insulin resistance may be determined by measuring glucose disposal rate formula (eGDR) and ... Read more

November 18, 2014November 18, 2014

Long-Term Reprogramming of Cells Could Advance Type 1 Diabetes Treatments

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A recent study entitled “Long-term persistence and development of induced pancreatic beta cells generated by lineage conversion of acinar cells” reports how adult reprogrammed cells can persist for long periods ... Read more