The Girl Who Won’t Back Down From Type 1 Diabetes
My daughter Gia was playing organized sports for the first time. A leading scorer in basketball like her dad, a…
She Had a Wish: Donate to Science
When Cheryl Diderich died, her husband knew she wanted to live on through his gift of $1.2 million to Breakthrough…
T1D Voices: Reagan’s Story Is Our Story
T1D Champion Reagan Moore shares her T1D journey, her hopes for the future, and why she loves her insulin pump.
Can a Psoriasis Drug Halt or Reverse Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes is one of the only major autoimmune diseases that doesn't have a disease-modifying therapy. A Breakthrough T1D clinical…
Special Diabetes Program (SDP) Renewed for Three Years!
One of Breakthrough T1D’s top legislative priorities has been achieved with the enactment of a three-year renewal of the Special…
Delay on Rule That Would Eliminate Medicare Part D Drug Rebates
On January 29, 2021, the Biden Administration delayed implementation of a recently adopted rule that would largely eliminate drug rebates…
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).
Timothy Doyle Joins Breakthrough T1D as President and Chief Operating Officer
Doyle will lead organizational operations to broaden Breakthrough T1D’s reach and impact.
Department of Health & Human Services Freezes Rule Related to Insulin
As you may have heard from reports in the media the Biden Administration froze a recent regulation on insulin. Want to know what the headlines mean? Read on to get…
Why Does One Scientist Seek to Find Cures for T1D? Answer: His Children
Douglas Melton, Ph.D., can now produce unlimited quantities of beta cells. He now wants to evade the immune attack. See…
