On Feb. 18 I moderated the JDRF Capitol Chapter’s second annual Research Summit on Type 1 Diabetes...
Category: Research
The presence of gastric H. pylori bacteria is associated with elevated levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Yu Chen, PhD, and Martin Blaser, MD, at NYU School of Medicine, part of NYU Langone Medical Center...
The goal of a therapy for type 1 diabetes is restoration of regulated insulin secretion. A newly published study, conducted by Chutima Talchai, PhD, and Domenico Accili, MD, professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center...
A new JDRF-funded study shows that many of the genes known to play a role in type 1 diabetes (T1D) are expressed in pancreatic beta cells, suggesting that the cell responsible for producing insulin may be playing a part in its own destruction to lead to T1D....
A study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that insulin production may persist for decades after the onset of type 1 diabetes.
In the study, led by Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, director of the MGH Immunobiology Laboratory, blood samples from 182 individuals with type 1 diabetes were evaluated
Finding a new and plentiful source of insulin production that works naturally within the body is one half of a cure for diabetes...
Diapep277 was discovered in 1990 by Professor Irun Cohen and his team at the Weizmann Institute's Department of Immunology...
One year after Osiris Therapeutics in partnership with JDRF started the Phase 2 trial evaluating Prochymal, a formulation of adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients, the company has released a statement providing an update on this groundbreaking trial. This first-of-its kind trial is...
Currently, there are no safe and effective drugs on the market for treating gastroparesis...
Participating in a clinical trial is truly giving of oneself. No matter how my story ends, I will never question my decision to have tried...