News and Updates

Breakthrough T1D is back from Barcelona! The final two days of ATTD were jam-packed with more incredible updates across all areas of our mission. Breakthrough T1D staff chaired and participated in many sessions—including Breakthrough T1D Senior Vice President of Research, Esther Latres, Ph.D.; Vice President of Medical Affairs Anastasia Albanese O’Neill, Ph.D., APRN, CDCES; Senior […]

Greetings from Barcelona, Spain! From March 11–14, 2026, the world’s leading type 1 diabetes (T1D) researchers, healthcare professionals, and industry partners gathered to share groundbreaking advances in T1D science—and Breakthrough T1D–supported work (and staff) were front and center. Below is everything you need to know from the first two days of this remarkable conference, including […]

This article was written by Alecia Wesner (pictured above, right), a Participant Advisory Council (PAC) member, a Clinical Trial Education Volunteer, and long-time Breakthrough T1D supporter. Alecia’s story details her lived experiences with type 1 diabetes, participation in clinical trials, and her journey to joining the PAC. The views expressed by the author are her […]

What’s happening? Continuous ketone monitoring (CKM) is on its way. A new paper in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, titled “International expert recommendations on the application and utility of continuous ketone monitoring for people with diabetes,” was published by Breakthrough T1D and expert collaborators, spearheaded by our Chief Medical Officer, International, Thomas Danne, M.D., Ph.D. […]

How quickly a year goes by—and a lot has happened for type 1 diabetes (T1D) in 2025! In these last few weeks leading up to the new year, Breakthrough T1D would like to take a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come in the past 365 days. Read on for the greatest T1D accomplishments […]

What’s happening? Today, Breakthrough T1D co-hosted an event with leading international diabetes organizations to discuss cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 1 diabetes (T1D)—where we are, challenges that remain, and how we can work together in Europe and beyond to address this need for the T1D community. The focus of the event: Doing more for CVD […]

Bonjour from Montreal, Canada, where the latest and greatest in type 1 diabetes (T1D) research was presented at the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) 51st Annual Conference. ISPAD is a yearly highlight of the T1D conference calendar, and this year was no exception. Scientists, clinicians, researchers, industry members, people with diabetes, and […]

To drive our mission forward, Breakthrough T1D financially supports type 1 diabetes (T1D) research through training awards and grants to academic scientists or clinicians, investments in promising companies, conference support, and more. Here, we take a deeper dive specifically into our training awards offered to early-stage researchers to understand the impact and outcomes that these […]

There is always breaking, inspiring news in the world of type 1 diabetes (T1D) research—and that news was front and center at the 2025 European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Meeting. This annual event is one of the largest diabetes conferences in the world, and Breakthrough T1D staff, partners, funded researchers, and more […]

As Breakthrough T1D’s largest corporate partner, Marshalls has raised more than $47 million to-date to improve and change life with type 1 diabetes.