Keeping Your Kidneys Healthier, For Longer
Normally, the kidneys filter waste and extra water out of your blood to make urine. When your kidneys are damaged,…
Vertex Has a New Horizon: Curing Type 1 Diabetes
Vertex Pharmaceuticals will launch a clinical trial of VX-880, a stem cell-derived beta cell therapy in type 1 diabetes (T1D).
What We Can Be Proud Of in 2020
It’s been a tough year, to say the least. But there’s news that we can be proud of in type…
Breakthrough T1D Video: “We’ve Been Too Focused on [Insulin]”
“We’ve been too focused on [insulin],” Jeremy Pettus, M.D., an endocrinologist at UC San Diego, says. Watch the video to…
Researchers Unite at the 56th EASD Annual Meeting
Leading researchers gathered, virtually, for the EASD Annual Meeting, and featured more than 40 studies presented by Breakthrough T1D researchers.
Nobody Knew…Until the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial
The common belief for decades was that diligent monitoring of blood sugars and intensive insulin therapy had little consequence for…
The Power of the Patient Voice: Breakthrough T1D Video
In the words of Colin Dayan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical diabetes and metabolism at Cardiff University: “Type 1 diabetes…
Tandem Control-IQ Controls T1D in Children Ages 6 and Up
A clinical trial at four pediatric diabetes centers in the United States has found that a new artificial pancreas system—which…
Breakthrough T1D Researchers Develop a Combined Risk Score to Predict Which Children Develop T1D
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can be hard to predict in high risk children. Testing for the presence of T1D autoantibodies—antibodies…
At ADA, Breakthrough T1D-Funded Research Takes Center Stage (featuring a “Happy Hour” with Dr. Aaron Kowalski)
At the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions, which was held virtually from June 12-16, scientists presented on some of the…
