England, Today and Onward, to Provide Pregnant Women with CGM Technology
It’s a milestone for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and Breakthrough T1D. Today and onward, the National Health Service (NHS) England will provide continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to pregnant women with T1D. This is something that Breakthrough T1D can be proud of—evidence for it came from the Breakthrough T1D-funded CONCEPTT study, which proved […]
New Research Suggests that T1D Has Two Distinct Types
Breakthrough T1D-funded researchers found that type 1 diabetes is comprised of two different subtypes, called endotypes, which are dependent upon the age at diagnosis.
Strengthening Type 1 Diabetes Science by Building Careers
Sometimes, the funding that Breakthrough T1D can provide for researchers is exactly the invitation they need to get into the field of type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Other times, sustained grants are the critical boost that someone with more experience needs in order to branch out and establish his or her own lab. Creating and […]
TTP399: A Potential First-in-Class Adjunct Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes
Nearly 80 percent of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) fail to meet HbA1c goals defined by the American Diabetes Association. Despite more widely adopted diabetes technology and an increase in use, there is no improvement in clinical outcomes. This tells us that the current use of insulin alone is not enough, but vTv Therapeutics […]
Saving Vision, Changing Lives
Several decades ago, type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients brought their seeing-eye dogs into the offices where Jennifer Sun, M.D., MPH., now works. The complications of T1D had severely compromised or cost the patients their eyesight. Today, work led by Dr. Sun is changing all that. We share Dr. Sun’s work as part of our Meet […]
A Scientist Sees Kidney Disease Through New Eyes
Monika Niewczas is keenly focused on kidneys. Specifically, making sure that they don’t stop working when someone develops type 1 diabetes (T1D). Niewczas, an M.D., Ph.D. and M.P.H., works as an assistant investigator at Joslin Diabetes Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. For the past 15 years, she has worked […]
What is Autoimmune Disease?
It’s Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month, but what are autoimmune diseases? Good question. They occur when a person’s immune system mistakenly attacks another part of the person’s own body. This response can result in a range of diseases, depending on which parts of the body are affected. Research funded by Breakthrough T1D in the 1970s and […]
Collaboration and a Connection to T1D Researchers: Breakthrough T1D-nPOD Annual Meeting
I’ve just gotten back from the 12th Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD) Annual Meeting, which was held February 23-26, 2020, and featured some of the most world-renowned diabetes investigators. nPOD is now the world’s largest tissue bank dedicated to the study of the human pancreas in type 1 diabetes (T1D), and the […]
New Breakthrough T1D-Funded Study finds Lifetime T1D Management Costs a Collective $813 Billion
Cost for each diagnosed American is nearly $500,000.
ATTD Conference Brings Together Top Minds in Diabetes Research
Each year diabetes researchers from all over the world gather for the annual meeting of the Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD), which this year took place on February 19-22 in Madrid, Spain. Many of the latest advances will be discussed, including research that Breakthrough T1D has funded to advance new breakthroughs and therapies […]
