Breakthrough T1D Research Strategy: Cures and Improving Lives
They shared new developments and applauded the speed of scientific advancements. At this year’s Strategic Research Session, the tone was dynamic as Breakthrough T1D’s internal team of scientists, leading type 1 diabetes (T1D) researchers, innovative strategic advisors and volunteers from the T1D community came together to chart the direction of Breakthrough T1D research for the […]
Your Cancer is Gone; Type 1 Diabetes is Here
Immune therapy has transformed cancer care. In some cases, cancer is effectively cured in people with stage 4 disease. But it has a catch: In about one percent of people treated with immune therapy, their immune system goes haywire, and it attacks the beta cells in the pancreas, leaving them with type 1 diabetes (T1D) […]
Advancing the Cure with Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Trials
Breakthrough T1D funds type 1 diabetes (T1D) clinical trials that are critical to bringing new devices and treatments to people with this disease. Currently, there are more than 70 Breakthrough T1D-funded clinical trials, to both prevent and treat this disease and its complications. We hope that, ultimately, these trials will lead to a cure for […]
Pump Choice Should Be in the Hands of Those with T1D, NOT Health Insurance Plans
As many of you know, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has limited insulin pump choice for children and adults through a new policy called a preferred pump agreement. Breakthrough T1D believes that consumer choice is essential for the T1D community, and that an insurance company should never stand between a patient and doctor. To that end, we have […]
JDRF’s Nicole Johnson Stresses the Need for Mental and Emotional Balance with T1D
When you have type 1 diabetes (T1D), people might see the CGM on your arm, the pump tubing, or the finger pricks. Some may even see the physical challenge of balancing food, physical activity and insulin. But what only the people who live with T1D see is the internal struggle that comes with living with […]
Closer to Cure: Renewed Funding for Type 1 Diabetes UK Immunotherapy Consortium (T1D UK)
More than 400,000 people in the United Kingdom and 1.25 million Americans have type 1 diabetes (T1D), a disease for which there is no cure yet. Type 1 Diabetes UK Immunotherapy Consortium (T1D UK), a network of British scientists, backed by Diabetes UK and Breakthrough T1D, are conducting clinical trials to find new treatments that […]
Want to Stave Off Type 1 Diabetes? Beta Cell Proliferation May Be the Key
In Nature Metabolism, Breakthrough T1D-funded researchers—including the lead author, Ercument Dirice, Ph.D., and senior author, Rohit Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D.—found an unidentified piece of information: By enhancing beta cell mass secondary to a robust beta cell proliferation early in life, they could protect mice from developing type 1 diabetes (T1D). I’ll say that again: By enhancing […]
A DIY approach to artificial pancreas technology
Discover how the DIY approach to artificial pancreas technology is empowering people with type 1 diabetes.
Breakthrough T1D Expresses Profound Loss at the Passing of Helaine Shiff, co-founder of Breakthrough T1D Canada
Breakthrough T1D International is deeply saddened at the loss of one of Breakthrough T1D Canada’s co-founders, Helaine Shiff. “Helaine was a remarkable woman and her legacy to our community will live on forever,” said Dave Prowten, President and CEO of Breakthrough T1D Canada. “She never let up and continued to the very end to help […]
A Win for the European T1D Community: Zynquista (sotagliflozin) Approved for Type 1 Diabetes
In a second win for the type 1 diabetes (T1D) community, the European Commission has approved Zynquista™ (sotagliflozin) for use in adults with T1D with a body mass index (BMI) above or equal to 27 kg/m2, in combination with insulin to improve blood-sugar control. It and Forxiga® (dapagliflozin and marketed in the United States as […]
