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Key Component of Artificial Pancreas Shown Successful in Reducing Hypoglycemia in People with T1D

Posted over 1 year ago

by Tara Wilcox-Ghanoonparvar
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In a study published this month in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics , researchers concluded that the automatic suspension of insulin delivery by a low glucose suspend (LGS) system greatly reduces the severity and duration of hypoglycemia (extreme...
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JDRF Part of a Growing Trend of Nonprofits Leading Drug Development

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael
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Nonprofit organizations focused on disease research are transforming their traditional roles, and emerging as key players in accelerating the development of better treatments and cures, according to a recent report by the Harvard Stem Cell Institute ...
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Study Helps Explain Activity of Anti-CD3 in Treating or Preventing Type 1 Diabetes

Posted over 1 year ago

by Joana Casas
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JDRF-funded scientists at Yale University recently found a mechanism of action by which teplizumab, an anti-CD3 antibody may be working as an immune therapy for T1D. Currently, once T1D starts to develop, there’s no intervention developed to stop...
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New study may help determine risk of kidney disease for people with diabetes

Posted over 1 year ago

by Gary Feit
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Nearly 20 years ago, the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) proved that keeping tight control over blood sugar levels can help prevent or delay the onset of complications for people with diabetes. Since then, researchers have continued to...
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JDRF-Funded Project Identifies Cell that Triggers T1D

Posted over 1 year ago

by Liz Cuebas
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JDRF-funded researchers at the La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology in San Diego have become the first researchers to successfully determine which kind of T-cells are responsible for the autoimmune attack on the insulin-producing beta cells in...
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Study on Economic Impact of Diabetes doesn’t Distinguish between T1D and T2D

Posted over 1 year ago

by Shana
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One of the common frustrations for people with diabetes is the lack of understanding about the difference between type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). T1D is an autoimmune disease which affects as many as 3 million Americans, is not caused...
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A look back on recent research progress as 2012 draws near

Posted over 2 years ago

by Tara Wilcox-Ghanoonparvar
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As we inch toward the end of 2011, a look back over the past few months shows a great deal of progress in JDRF’s efforts toward curing, treating, and preventing type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its complications. Check out the latest key advances from...
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Diabetes in Action: New visualization technique allows researchers to see the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells

Posted over 2 years ago

by Michael
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Last week, JDRF-funded researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology in San Diego, California announced that they had created the first 3-dimensional movies depicting the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells – the process...
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Progress on the Artificial Pancreas

Posted over 2 years ago

by Jeffrey Brewer
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I’m pleased to share the news that on Thursday , December 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued artificial pancreas (AP) draft guidance. While the draft guidance is still under review, our initial analysis suggests that it affirmatively...
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Preliminary Data from Phase 3 Clinical Trial of DiaPep277 Yields Positive Results in Newly Diagnosed People with Type 1 Diabetes

Posted over 2 years ago

by Joana Casas
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Andromeda Biotech, an Israel-based biotechnology company, recently announced that its Phase 3 study of a novel immunotherapy agent, DiaPep277, met its primary and secondary endpoints of insulin preservation and improvement in HbA1c levels among newly...
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Newly Discovered Blood Test May Help Identify Type 1 Diabetes Before Symptoms Appear

Posted over 2 years ago

by Gary Feit
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As new cases of type 1 diabetes (T1D) increase worldwide , JDRF has continued to focus on preventing T1D in those at risk. By the time symptoms of T1D appear, however, the destruction of insulin producing beta cells may have already been occurring for...
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Endocrine Society Releases New Guidelines on Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Posted over 2 years ago

by Shana
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People with type 1 diabetes must carefully balance insulin doses with eating and daily activities throughout the day and night – and still run the risk of dangerous high or low blood sugar levels. To help manage this daily challenge, a continuous...
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Hormone that Helps Regulate Insulin Production Could Lead to Better Treatments for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted over 2 years ago

by Liz Cuebas
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Researchers from the Salk Institute have identified molecular switches that regulate islet beta cell survival and insulin production. These findings could help lead to development of new diabetes drugs. The JDRF-funded Salk researchers, led by Dr. Marc...
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Study Shows Urine Test Can Help Distinguish Type 1 Diabetes from MODY

Posted over 2 years ago

by Joana Casas
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A urine test that can be taken at home could help differentiate a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes from a genetic form of the disease, called maturity-onset diabetes of youth (MODY). Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in United Kingdom, presented...
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Three-Way Research Partnership Could Hold Benefits for Both Type 1 Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis

Posted over 2 years ago

by Tara Wilcox-Ghanoonparvar
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Scientists have found that certain links may exist between different autoimmune disorders, allowing research on one disease to shed light on another. One such potential link, between type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, led to a three-way partnership...
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Reaching out: JDRF rolls out next Toolkit for adults with type 1 diabetes

Posted over 2 years ago

by Michael
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Currently, adults make up 85 percent of those living with type 1 diabetes. And every year in the United States alone, roughly half of the 30,000 new cases of type 1 diabetes are adults over the age of 18. So for anyone who has spent time on Juvenation...
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JDRF Participates in Annual Children with Diabetes Friends for Life Conference

Posted over 2 years ago

by Andrew Bell
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Well over 3,000 kids, families and adults with type 1 diabetes gathered in Orlando earlier this month for the 12 th annual Children with Diabetes (CWD) Friends for Life (FFL) Conference. JDRF has been participating in this event for the last nine years...
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Update on New Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Trials

Posted over 2 years ago

by Liz Cuebas
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At the recent American Diabetes Association 71 st Scientific Sessions in San Diego the results of several clinical trials focused on finding a cure for type 1 diabetes were announced. Most of these trials tested drugs administered to people with type...
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Life Expectancy for People with Type 1 Diabetes Improves Dramatically

Posted over 2 years ago

by Gary Feit
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While we have yet to achieve a cure for type 1 diabetes, treatment has improved vastly over the past few decades. Tools such as blood glucose meters, HbA1c tests, faster and longer acting insulins, insulin pumps, and continuous glucose monitors weren’t...
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JDRF-Funded Study Finds Experimental Drug May Slow Kidney Disease

Posted over 2 years ago

by Shana
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Despite advances in glucose monitoring tools and insulin therapy, people with diabetes still struggle to maintain optimal blood glucose levels. In fact, many individuals with type 1 diabetes spend significant portions of the day outside of the normal...
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The Artificial Pancreas – Taking the Guesswork out of Diabetes

Posted over 2 years ago

by Michael
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Imagine having to do math before and after every meal you eat, because your life depends on it. That is the reality for millions of people living with type 1 diabetes. Before digging in to a savory plate of food before them, people with type 1 diabetes...
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The little enzyme that could: Glucokinase’s role in triggering beta cell regeneration may clear the path for better therapies

Posted over 2 years ago

by Tara Wilcox-Ghanoonparvar
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Recent findings from a study on beta cell regeneration may open up doors to new therapies for people with type 1 diabetes. JDRF-funded researchers in Israel found for the first time that a high rate of glucose metabolism - the process in which glucose...
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Study Shows Some People with Type 1 Diabetes May Be Protected From Complications

Posted over 2 years ago

by Gary Feit
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In the 1990's, a groundbreaking study known as the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) showed that, for people with type 1 diabetes, intensive blood sugar control lowers the risk of developing complications. Specifically, the study showed...
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NIH’s positive steps toward better treatments and a cure for type 1 diabetes

Posted over 2 years ago

by Joana Casas
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Last week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a plan outlining their diabetes research strategy over the next decade that will aim to benefit Americans living with, or at risk for diabetes and its complications. At a time when the incidence...
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Opening Eyes on Diabetic Eye Disease

Posted over 2 years ago

by Michael
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Recent studies have put a spotlight on new potential treatments for diabetic eye disease, a common and potentially serious complication of type 1 diabetes. Last month, Genentech Pharmaceuticals announced that its drug ranibizumab injection (Lucentis)...