A Type 1 Diabetes Lifestyle Website
There are 537 million people around the world living with diabetes. And that number is growing. When people have Type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin. These cells regulate glucose levels in the blood which the body needs for energy. Blood sugar will continue to […]
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 levels by producing insulin, PhillyVoice […]
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 its successful testing in multiple […]
New research, which was led by the assistant professor of medicine and biomedical engineering at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Jeffrey R. Millman, has recently shown the potential of stem cells in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. More specifically, the researchers looked at how stem cells from humans can be converted […]
Leading biomedical company Beta-O2 Technologies gearing up to start second round of human clinical trials within the year on heels of promising preliminary results Boston, MA — Imagine a world where those living with Type 1 Diabetes, a chronic illness affecting more than 60 million adults globally, no longer had to deal with regular blood […]
If you’re familiar with Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX), probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the big biotech is cystic fibrosis (CF). That’s understandable, considering Vertex’s tremendous success so far has been due to its CF franchise. However, Vertex is also working to expand its horizons well beyond CF. The company’s […]
The ISLET project, a multi-center collaboration of leading European researchers, aims to develop a manufacturing pipeline for stem cell-based products to treat patients with Type 1 Diabetes. In Type 1 Diabetes a patient’s immune system destroys the beta cells within the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas making a patient depend-ent on life-long delivery of […]
A drug used to treat breast cancer, neratinib, has the potential to halt the immune system from destroying beta cells in type 1 diabetes, according to German researchers. Neratinib was able to guard the beta cells, which produce insulin in the pancreas, from attack. The JDRF-funded study showed that the treatment enabled the beta cells […]
We wish everyone a happy World Diabetes Day. We wish we didn’t have to celebrate this, but since we are, let’s all have some cake, bolus a little and make the best of it! Here’s hoping to more accessible treatments, a cure, and most of all, GOOD HEALTH!
Ahead of International Diabetes Day, November 14, Israeli startup Betalin Therapeutics announced that it is beginning the application process for clinical trials of its revolutionary artificial pancreas. Betalin’s Engineered Micro Pancreas (EMP) aims to free patients suffering from the most severe types of diabetes from constantly monitoring blood-sugar levels and injecting insulin. About 160 million […]