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Penn study proves promising for type 1 diabetes cure
After a promising study by Penn researchers, a cure for type 1 diabetes appears to be closer to reality. A research team led by Penn scientists successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells into multiple animal models, PhillyVoice reported. In type 1 diabetes, beta cells in clusters called islets cannot regulate blood sugar…
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Rethinking Type 1 diabetes with a radically new immunotherapy approach
Jean Van Rampelbergh PhD, VP Clinical & Regulatory at Imcyse SA, introduces Imotopes™, the innovative new immunotherapy approach causing scientists to rethink Type 1 diabetes and its treatment Severe and chronic autoimmune diseases are some of the most difficult and complex immune system-related diseases to treat. Normally, the immune system…
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Pro-inflammatory lipids precede Type 1 diabetes onset in mouse model and children
Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune cells — led by inflammatory macrophages — attack and destroy the beta cells of the pancreas that produce insulin. Researchers have long tried to unravel the signaling that provokes this attack. One of the less-studied forms…
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Major advancement in islet cell transplantation for treating Type-1 diabetes
A cure for Type-1 diabetes has come closer with the development of a new method for keeping transplanted insulin-producing cells alive and functional in recipients for long periods even when transplanted underneath the skin. A team led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine reports the new method, and…
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Researchers Develop Potential Breakthrough in Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
Researchers from the Salk Institute took a major step forward in developing a new insulin-producing pancreatic cell cluster as a potential treatment for type 1 diabetes patients. The pancreatic cell clusters were developed with stem cell technology and were able to avoid detection by the immune system. That means the…
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COVID-19 linked to type 1 diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis in children
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may cause severe disease in high-risk people, including the elderly, people with underlying health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, and those with weakened immune systems. Though most children and adolescents seem to be spared by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the…
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No association between type 1 diabetes status, COVID-19 hospitalization risk
Type 1 diabetes does not increase risk for hospitalization from COVID-19, particularly among individuals without diabetes complications, according to an analysis of hospital data. While data show a higher incidence of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and increased mortality among patients with diabetes, most patients have type 2 diabetes; less…
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‘Life-changing’ arthritis drug could halt type 1 diabetes in a third of patients
An arthritis drug that could delay the progression of type 1 diabetes has been hailed as “life changing”. The autoimmune condition comes about when a patient’s body mistakenly attacks cells that produce the blood-sugar lowering hormone insulin. Patients are therefore forced to inject insulin at least once a day to…
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Heel-prick blood test could predict which children will develop type 1 diabetes, say scientists who can spot early warnings of the condition in the genes and chemicals in the body
A heel-prick blood test could predict which children will develop Type 1 diabetes, scientists say. UK and US researchers said up to 75 per cent of cases of the disease could be diagnosed by scouring the blood for biomarkers of the condition. The average child is in their mid-teens by…
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Developing an ‘Inverse Vaccine’ for Type 1 Diabetes
Developing an ‘Inverse Vaccine’ for Type 1 Diabetes Published: July 14, 2020 By Chelsea Weidman Burke BioSpace What do you get when you mix certain immune cells with vitamin D and a disease-provoking molecule? An innovative new vaccine for type 1 diabetes. “We are trying to educate the immune…
