Breakthrough T1D Wins 2020 Amazon Web Services Imagine Grant for Nonprofits
Prestigious award recognizes nonprofit organizations using technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.
Breakthrough T1D Report: How HbA1c Came to Be
Accurate control of blood sugar for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) was not easy in the 1970s. At the time, the degree of diabetes control relied on patient history, urinary sugar and blood-sugar measurement at the time of the doctor’s visit. There was nothing that could tell you what your blood-sugar levels were for […]
Breakthrough T1D Receives Technology Transformation Award
International Society of Chief Data Officers (isCDO) recognizes Breakthrough T1D’s Sri Mishra for “Transformation of Collaboration from Inwards to Outwards.”
Accelerating Our Mission and Becoming More Volunteer Powered
Our bold vision for the future outlines strategies to drive greater impact to unlock cures and drive research that improves the lives of people with type one diabetes (T1D).
University of Michigan Establishes Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute
Named for Breakthrough T1D Research Committee member Elizabeth Caswell, Institute will support diabetes research and development of life-changing diabetes therapies.
Breakthrough T1D Top Advances Over the Past Year
At Breakthrough T1D, we are committed to funding the development of new therapies to keep people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) healthier, longer, until cures are found. We saw an incredible number of key advances that have both improved the lives of those living with the disease today and that have taken us so much […]
Meet the Scientist: Developing Devices That Resist Autoimmune Attacks
What might be the next best thing to having a healthy pancreas that is steadily producing insulin? It could be a device inside a person’s body that would protect the implanted beta cells from attack, while allowing the cells to produce insulin for you. Dan Anderson, Ph.D., has been working for years to create devices […]
T1D Research Continues During Coronavirus
Quite quickly, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted daily life, jolted perspectives and could very well change how we work and interact with each other for a long time to come. But what has the impact been inside research labs, where Breakthrough T1D-funded scientists have been driving hard and fast to deliver cures for type 1 […]
Talking to an Expert: COVID-19’s Impact on Cures Research
Dr. Aaron J. Kowalski answers what the pandemic means to ongoing research and fundraising and why “there still are no cures” for type 1 diabetes.
