Search Results for: islet
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Research
Can Early Type 1 Diabetes Screening Prevent DKA?
German researchers test whether such screening leads to better health outcomes for children with Type 1 and their parents.
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Man Comes Off Insulin Therapy After Undergoing BioHub Treatment
He is the second patient to be successfully treated by the experimental treatment, which was invented by the Diabetes Research…
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Insulin Injection-Free for a Decade
A patient of the Diabetes Research Institute celebrates her tenth anniversary after a successful islet cell transplant.
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Living
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Call for Type 1 Education
It marks the second time that state legislators have called for enhanced diabetes screening.
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Can an Old Drug Delay Type 1 Diabetes?
Can an old blood pressure medication block the genetic triggers for the development of Type 1?
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Cure Insight
How To Grow Beta Cells in 40 Days
Dr. Douglas Melton describes how his Harvard team required years of research to achieve 2014’s beta cell breakthrough.
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Insulin Independent for a Decade
Thanks to islet transplant therapy, Jill Eastman hasn’t thought much about her Type 1 diabetes in the last 10 years.
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Cure Insight
6 Possible Ways to Stop Type 1
The Diabetes Research Institute shares its top breakthroughs of the past year.
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Treatment
2-Prong Therapy, Wound Care, Corporate Coupling
The Insulin Nation Treatment Roundup for January 2015 - Part 2
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Living
The Diabetes Guilt Trip
People with Type 1 shouldn't feel guilty around family and friends about their A1C.
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Treatment
Deadly Time Changes, Cure Patent, Small Needles
The Insulin Nation Treatment Roundup for November 2014.
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Cure Insight
Beta Cell Shield, Mom’s Genetic T1D Role, Probiotics
The Insulin Nation Research Roundup for October 2014
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Cure Insight
Cure?! – Examining the Stem Cell News
A endocrinologist evaluates the potential for Dr. Douglas Melton’s new technique to grow insulin-producing beta cells.
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Columns
“Daddy, What’s a Pump?”
How one father with Type 1 uses 3 simple rules to deal with his toddler’s curiosity of his condition.
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Treatment
An Intersecting Journey of Diabetes
Treating a dog with diabetes for a child with Type 1 reminds Dr. Levetan why she first decided to become…
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Treatment
The Diabetes Pop Quiz
Medical students get their first look at how complicated treating diabetes can be with a first-day class exam.
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Treatment
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Treatment
T1D Research Setbacks Can Lead to Breakthroughs
To achieve insulin independence, it’s vitally important to understand why Type 1 diabetes cures for mice don’t work for humans.
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Medicine/Drugs
Dr. Banting: Called a Failure, Discovers Insulin
How a late-night idea saved the lives of thousands with diabetes and still inspires diabetes researchers today.
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Treatment
Endo Shortage, New Cell Therapies, Strip Rationing
Our latest treatment roundup examines the new Type 1 diabetes therapies and the market forces behind them.
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