It's a running joke that a cure for type 1 diabetes is only five years away and has been for 50 years, but new stem cell trials and immune drugs hint that we're closer than ever to a functional cure ...
A phase 1/2 trial of a novel viral vector gene therapy in adults with type 1 diabetes is scheduled to begin this year.
In type 1 diabetes, the immune system has learned to attack islet cells in the pancreas and relentlessly destroy them. New ...
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that impairs the body's ability to use or produce insulin, a hormone that regulates the conversion of sugar from food into energy, resulting in dangerously ...
Once known as “juvenile” diabetes, type 1 diabetes was long considered a childhood disease. Although the condition is often diagnosed in children and teenagers, it can develop at any age. Type 1 ...
While it has long been known that type 1 diabetes runs in families, experts are less certain about what actually starts the autoimmune attack that defines the disease. Most people with type 1 diabetes ...
The use of drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound in people with type 1 diabetes has risen sharply over the past decade, a new study finds, even though there’s little information on the drugs’ safety ...
A new consensus report on the management of type 1 diabetes in adults was presented recently at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meetings. This is an EASD/American Diabetes ...
When you don’t have enough insulin, your body can’t distribute blood sugar properly. The resulting glucose buildup in your bloodstream can lead to several health complications, including chronic ...
Share on Pinterest Experts say adults with type 1 diabetes are being misdiagnosed as having type 2 diabetes. SDI Productions/Getty Images Experts say many adults who develop type 1 diabetes are being ...
When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, it’s usually pretty simple which one they have — Type 1 or Type 2. The rate of diabetes has grown worldwide, having surpassed 800 million people a year ago. By ...