Meet the Scientist: Local Immune Suppression with a Novel Protein
Mark Poznansky, M.D., Ph.D., wants the seemingly impossible—a person with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has a procedure where beta cells are placed in their body, the doctor stitches it up and the person has functioning insulin-producing beta cells, for life. Of course, we’re not there yet, but, with Dr. Poznansky—and many, many other researchers—Breakthrough T1D […]
Public and Private Organizations, All with the Same Goal: End T1D
In this time of great uncertainty, there is some exciting news out of Europe. Innodia, a partnership between public and private entities working together to fund research aimed at biomarker discovery and the prevention of type 1 diabetes (T1D), received an additional €12 million in funding from the European Commission, Breakthrough T1D and the Helmsley […]
Breakthrough T1D Plays a Leadership Role, Again, to Marshal Resources for T1D Research
It’s 2004. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), which will fund $3 billion in stem cell research to advances new therapies, is on the ballot, if it gets approved. Fortunately, the patients, families and scientists were the voices that day, with nearly 60% voting to approve it. In the time since 2004, it has […]
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 […]
Coating on Capsules Next Step in Creating Insulin-Producing Factories
One potential cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D) is to replace beta cells destroyed by a person’s own immune system with healthy transplanted beta cells inside a device, which would then be placed inside the person’s body. Encapsulated cells would release insulin in response to changes in glucose levels. That is exactly the scenario that […]
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 […]
