T1D Sleep Pilot to study the relationship between low blood sugar at night and daily behavior, as measured by smartphone…
Research
TEDDY Study Data May Help Predict Type 1 Diabetes in Children
Thousands of blood, saliva, urine, mucus and stool samples contributed by “TEDDY” kids from around the world are finally…
Lilly to Fund Sigilon Therapeutics’ Encapsulated Cell Research to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
April’s announcement that insulin maker Eli Lilly would invest up to $473 million in Sigilon Therapeutics and the …
Blocking Glucagon’s Action to Improve Diabetes Care
In the toolkit of methods for successfully treating diabetes, insulin is not the only hammer available to hit the nail o…
In Mice, Gene Therapy Can Reverse Type 1 Diabetes Without Immunosuppression
One of the holy grails of diabetes research – reversing Type 1 diabetes without the use of immune-suppressing drugs – ma…
Having Friends May Protect You From Type 2 Diabetes
Make a friend, avoid diabetes? It’s not quite that simple, but a new study finds that social interaction with a circle o…
Cow’s Milk Baby Formula Doesn’t Increase Risk of Developing Type 1 Diabetes
The cause of type 1 diabetes is still unknown, but for many years, researchers have been studying ways to prevent it. (S…
Are Microbiome Changes a Cause or Symptom of Type 1 Diabetes? (part 2)
Two years ago, I interviewed Alex Kostic, who was then a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard e…
Are Microbiome Changes a Cause or Symptom of Type 1 Diabetes?
Two years ago, I interviewed Alex Kostic, who was then a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard e…
Infusing Donor Islets into Muscles: A New Direction for Islet Cell Transplants?
After failing to live up to its early promise of becoming a cure for type 1 diabetes, the procedure of transplanting ins…
