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Follow-up on FDA Artificial Pancreas Workshop

Posted over 3 years ago

by Shana
- 5 Comments
As we recently posted , members of the JDRF Clinical Panel along with fellow diabetes experts met at the FDA Artificial Pancreas Workshop last week to discuss clinical recommendations for artificial pancreas testing outside of the hospital and in the...
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Study tests environmental factors that may influence type 1

Posted over 3 years ago

by Gary Feit
- 4 Comments
Researchers are still trying to get a clear picture about how genes and environmental factors interact to determine a person’s risk of developing type 1 diabetes. While researchers have identified several genes that lead to increased risk of developing...
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Study Confirms that Insulin-Producing Cells Can Live On in People with Type 1 Diabetes

Posted over 3 years ago

by Joana Casas
- 4 Comments
A JDRF-funded study involving people who have lived with type 1 diabetes confirmed that insulin-producing beta cells can survive in people with diabetes – even after living with the disease for decades. Research by the Joslin Diabetes Center in...
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Two-Step Pig Cell Transplant Approach Shows Potential to Restore Insulin Production

Posted over 3 years ago

by Gary Feit
- 4 Comments
Islet transplantation has shown potential to restore insulin production in people with type 1 diabetes in recent years. Two main hurdles, however, prevent islet transplantation from being a more successful and widespread procedure: the use of chronic...
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Six Things I Want People to Know about Diabetes

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jeffrey Brewer
- 4 Comments
1. The psychological toll is one of the most oppressive and overlooked complications of living with the disease. Having to think about blood sugar every time a person wakes up, goes to sleep, eats a meal, has a snack, exercises, has a cold, feels stressed...
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Six Things I Want People to Know about Diabetes #2

Posted over 3 years ago

by Larry Soler
- 3 Comments
1. Diabetes affects everyone differently. Just because you have one experience doesn't mean someone else will have the same. 2. I should have started on a pump ten years earlier than I did. 3. From what I've seen firsthand, CGMs are making an...
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Implanted Glucose Sensor Monitors Blood Sugar Levels

Posted over 3 years ago

by Joana Casas
- 3 Comments
Researchers recently reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine that an implantable blood glucose sensor was able to wirelessly transmit accurate readings of blood glucose levels for an extended period of time. According to Dr. David Gough...
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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
- 2 Comments
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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Novel technology may help new beta cells survive

Posted over 1 year ago

by Gary Feit
- 2 Comments
Replacing the body’s insulin-producing beta cells is one potential method for curing type 1 diabetes (T1D). Researchers are attempting to solve a number of challenges to make beta cell replacement a reality. These include: overcoming the misguided...
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Life Expectancy for People with Type 1 Diabetes Improves Dramatically

Posted over 2 years ago

by Gary Feit
- 2 Comments
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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Promising Clinical Results for Drug to Preserve Beta Cell Function

Posted over 3 years ago

by Gary Feit
- 2 Comments
The biotechnology company Tolerx today reported that clinical data from an ongoing study of its anti-CD3 drug otelixizumab would be published in the journal Diabetologia . According to the company's release, insulin-producing beta cells were successfully...
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New Artificial Pancreas Trial Successfully uses Insulin and Glucagon

Posted over 3 years ago

by Gary Feit
- 2 Comments
The Los Angeles Times , the Boston Globe , and a number of other national publications reported this week on the results of a new artificial pancreas trial . In the trial, people with type 1 diabetes successfully achieved near-normal blood sugar levels...
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Inside The Pitch

Posted 11 months ago

by Scott McCormick
- 2 Comments
I have to admit, when I was first approached by our LA Chapter about possible participation in AMC's new unscripted series, The Pitch , I hesitated. As one ad agency remarked, on why they didn't participate, "We don't want to be mentioned...
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Eggnog Etiquette

Posted 5 months ago

by William Sorensen
- 2 Comments
During the holidays , you eat and drink with everyone from your second cousin’s hair stylist to the soccer coach for your college roommate’s kid. If you have T1D, as I do, be ready for well-meaning people to ask you some of the same questions...
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JDRF Completes First Stage of the Glucose Responsive Insulin Grand Challenge

Posted 4 months ago

by Michael
- 1 Comments
In September, JDRF wrapped up the first stage of its first-ever crowdsourcing challenge to garner ideas for developing a glucose responsive insulin (GRI) drug. The Agnes Varis GRI Grand Challenge Prize, the first stage of which was called the “Theoretical...
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JDRF Discusses New Treatment for Diabetic Eye Disease

Posted 7 months ago

by Liz Cuebas
- 1 Comments
Eye disease is one of the most common complications of type 1 diabetes. Eye disease in people with diabetes, also known as diabetic retinopathy , is caused by chronic high blood sugar levels, which can damage the blood vessels in the retina of the eye...
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An Artificial Pancreas System in Action

Posted 3 months ago

by Liz Cuebas
- 1 Comments
When JDRF started the Artificial Pancreas Project in 2006, the project was long on theoretical concepts but short on hard data. Scientists believed there should be a way to improve daily T1D management by connecting the reading from a continuous glucose...
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JDRF Convenes Forum on the Psychosocial Burdens of Type 1 Diabetes

Posted 2 months ago

by Gary Feit
- 1 Comments
JDRF recently brought together a group of 20 leading experts in the behavioral and mental health fields to discuss the range of psychological and social issues experienced by people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their families. Forums like this enable...
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T1D Rise Among Youth Highlights the Importance of Renewed Research Funding

Posted 9 months ago

by Tara Wilcox-Ghanoonparvar
- 1 Comments
In June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released results from their latest SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study . The data revealed a 23 percent growth in type 1 diabetes (T1D) prevalence...
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JDRF collaborates to fill gaps in encapsulation research for type 1 diabetes

Posted 8 months ago

by Michael
- 1 Comments
Recently, JDRF announced that it is jointly funding research at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) with The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust . The grant will support the efforts of Dr. Camillo Ricordi and his team as they work to advance...
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Study Shows Teens Need Support with Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management

Posted over 3 years ago

by Shana
- 1 Comments
For many, transitioning from childhood to teenage years can be difficult enough as it is, and having type 1 diabetes presents an extra challenge. Teens assume more responsibility for diabetes self-management and make more independent health care choices...
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Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Receives Orphan Drug Status

Posted over 3 years ago

by Gary Feit
- 1 Comments
A stem cell treatment for people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes has been granted "Orphan Drug" status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ). This designation speeds the path to market for this promising therapy. Developed...
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Researchers Identify Genes Susceptible to Increased Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted over 3 years ago

by Joana Casas
- 1 Comments
Earlier this week, researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reported uncovering a group of gene variants that raised the risk of type 1 diabetes while lowering the risk of Crohn’s Disease, suggesting a complex interaction of...
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The Hype of the "Hygiene Hypothesis"

Posted over 3 years ago

by Joana Casas
- 1 Comments
A small wave of stories on the “hygiene hypothesis” has recently gained traction in the media, with mentions every so often of type 1 diabetes. According to the “hygiene hypothesis,” exposure to a variety of bacteria, viruses and...
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Study Links Viral Infection to Type 1 Diabetes

Posted over 3 years ago

by Shana
- 1 Comments
A recent study led by researcher Antonio Toniolo of the University of Insubria and Circle Hospital in Verese, Italy, reported a connection between infection with enteroviruses and diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children. These findings are similar to...