Microscopic organisms can do amazing stuff. Yeast is instrumental in baking bread and brewing beer. Bacteria make yogurt…
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How Gene Editing Might Reshape Diabetes Treatment
The public was agog – and a little nervous – when the announcement came out this summer that researchers had “edited” th…
New CDC Report Shows We’re Failing to Stop Diabetes
Close to half of all Americans have diabetes or are on the path to getting there, according to a new CDC report. Yet man…
JDRF Invests in TetraGenetics’ Innovative Approach to Type 1 Diabetes Prevention
A unique scientific approach to preventing, treating and, perhaps one day, curing type 1 diabetes is being coupled with …
A New Approach to Smart Insulin
Imagine a molecular container where the building blocks are glued together with a substance that’s sensitive to glucose:…
JDRF T1D Fund Invests in TetraGenetics
Today, TetraGenetics, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for autoimmune diseases, announced it ha…
The Alarming Rise of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Teens
Having lived with type 1 diabetes since the age of four, I can say with certainty that, while it doesn’t stop me from li…
A Personalized Diabetes Cure?
A predictive test could tell researchers whether or not stem cell or islet cell transplant to ‘cure’ diabete…
Study Shows Ketogenic Diet May Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
If you’ve ever read about health on the internet, you’ve probably seen stories and ads claiming to reverse diabetes. May…
High Fiber Diet Study Shows Signs of Preventing Type 1 Diabetes In Mice
Most of us have been told that fiber is an important part of a healthy and balanced diet, and that many people may not c…
