Potential Source of Insulin-Producing Cells Found in Adult Pancreas
Exciting new finding may lead to a way to replenish the cells destroyed or damaged by diabetes.
Insulin Production Restored in Type 1 Diabetic Woman with New Treatment
A new, minimally invasive transplant technique has restored natural insulin production in a woman with Type 1 Diabetes. She is now completely off insulin...
OmniPod Recall: Insulet Recalls OmniPod Insulin Management System
Recall of the OmniPod (Pod) Insulin Management System. Patients may not receive the expected insulin dose, or have insulin delivery interupted, which can cause...
Insulin Pump Cuts Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Half
People with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pump therapy face almost 50% less risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than those who take...
BCG Vaccine for Tuberculosis May Cure Type 1 Diabetes
Exciting news for people with Type 1 Diabetes. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a generic drug with over 90 years of clinical use and safety data,...
Cytokine Reversed Type 1 Diabetes in New Study
A new study shows promising progress for a new treatment of type 1 diabetes using a protein made by immune cells, which essentially cured...
Beta Cell Function Preserved with Alefacept in New-onset Type 1 Diabetics
Study shows that people with new-onset type 1 diabetes who took two courses of alefacept soon after being diagnosed showed preserved beta cell function...
Smart Insulin Patch Invented to Replace Insulin Injections for Diabetes
Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks to a new invention...
The Best Pancreas System for Kids with Type 1 Diabetes
New study shows that the dual-hormone artificial pancreas provides the most benefits by reducing the time spent in nocturnal hypoglycemia with children and adolescents...
Research Team Pinpoints Gene Key to Reactivating Insulin-Producing Beta Cells
A BYU research team, which includes several students with type 1 diabetes, have pinpointed a gene that causes beta cells to replicate. Beta cells...
Photos Helping Researchers Understand Juvenile Diabetes
If a picture is worth a thousand words, UF Health Type 1 diabetes researchers and their colleagues have tapped into an encyclopedia, revealing new...
Hba1C Levels Did Not Improve After Personalized Education and Assessment from Ophthalmologist
Personalized education and risk assessment for people with diabetes visiting the ophthalmologist did not improve hemoglobin A1c levels or glycemic control. Providing personalized education and...
Bigger Capsules the Key to Transplanting Islet Cells?
Something as simple as changing the size of the cell-carrying spheres may be the answer to the problem researchers have been having when it...
Cybersecurity Risks of the Artificial Pancreas
The risk of security threats targeting an artificial pancreas is a major concern and has not been sufficiently considered in the research and development...
Brains of Type 1 Diabetics Show Signs of Accelerated Aging
People with type 1 diabetes show signs of accelerated aging and slower information processing. Study suggests that middle-aged type 1 diabetics should be screened...
Researchers Identify Most Effective and Cost-Effective Wound Treatments
Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital identify which of the hundreds of available treatments are most likely to be effective and which are most likely...
