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Full interview: Genprex’s newly licensed type 1 diabetes gene therapy’s potential explained by scientist
Dr George Gittes, Professor of Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh explains how and why he began working on the gene therapy licensed by Genprex (NASDAQ:GNPX). Dr Gittes says the therapy, currently undergoing pre-clinical studies, has shown data where it caused pancreatic cells to turn into insulin-producing cells. Watch…
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Blood Sugar Readings – By Kelly Dawes
This does NOT include your CGM readings, these are for finger tests. What Affects Your Blood Sugar Test Readings? You Will Be Surprised! Since your doctor told you that you have diabetes, you’ve had to make a few changes. Among other things, you probably now must check your blood sugars…
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Abundance of Enteroviruses in the Gut Linked to Type 1 Diabetes Precursor
A new study by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health investigators has added new findings on the link between the presence of enteroviruses in children’s intestinal tracts and the onset of islet autoimmunity, which leads to type 1 diabetes. Nonpolio enteroviruses made the news in 2018 after 1 enterovirus…
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Women-owned tech company to revolutionise Type 1 diabetes management
Quin, a women-owned company, is expanding its research and development of a pioneering Type 1 diabetes management app for people who are living with the condition, which requires individuals to self-administer insulin throughout the day to ensure HbA1c (average blood glucose level over three months) are as close to normal…
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Rencontres du premier type – édition 2019
Joignez-vous à nous pour vivre une fin de semaine mémorable! Les personnes diabétiques de type 1 doivent mener un combat quotidien et peuvent se sentir seules dans leur situation. Les Rencontres du premier type représentent donc une occasion unique pour elles! Il s’agit d’une fin de semaine complète entièrement dédiée…
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Insurance hurdles blocks life-changing technology for diabetes
Sports were always a tricky proposition for 11-year-old Noah Copeland. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 3, he had to carefully monitor his blood sugar levels with any sort of activity. If he suspected his blood sugars might be getting too low during a soccer game, he would have…
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5 Technologies for Treating Diabetes We’re Likely To See In 2019
Over 371 million people are affected by diabetes worldwide. Diabetes is a chronic disease which is caused due to improper functioning of the pancreas which is responsible for the production of insulin hormone. Insulin allows glucose in our blood to enter the cells in our body to be used for…
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Are you Canadian? Sign this petition!
In Canada, each province offers different pump coverage. Some are 18 and under, some are 25 and under, some are for everyone. We believe EVERYONE should be covered for pumps, it’s not a ‘lifestyle luxury’, it’s a matter of life and death. You can sign the petition here to send…
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‘Paradigm shift’ in type 1 diabetes shows new drugs which could delay disease’s emergence
Scientists may have been looking in the wrong place for a cure to type 1 diabetes after a new study claims to have found “a paradigm shift” in treatment. Researchers have found the disease could be kept at bay in animals by clearing out defective insulin-producing cells. Drug development has…
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Viruses that linger in the gut could trigger type 1 diabetes
Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, provide new evidence supporting an association between elevated levels of enteroviruses in the intestinal tracts of children and islet autoimmunity, a precursor to…
