News and Updates

In 1974, two teams showed that diabetes is associated with antibodies against beta cells, which helped establish T1D as an autoimmune disease.

Breakthrough T1D is launching T1Detect, a community-based education and awareness program to expand screening to the general population.

Family is perhaps the ultimate example of The Power of Us. As NDAM wraps up, three sibling pairs tell us about the special bond that forms between children living with T1D and their siblings.

NDAM Insight: The parent of a child diagnosed with T1D shares how he found community and how Breakthrough T1D helped him and his family navigate the diagnosis.

Florida teenager Jonny Feltingoff was tragically killed last April. How his family turned their grief into a way to give back to Breakthrough T1D and why it is the perfect way to honor Jonny.

Editor’s note: This educational content is made possible with support from Anthem Foundation. Editorial control rests solely with Breakthrough T1D. My T1D Diagnosis at 25 I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in February of 2017, about one month before my 25th birthday.  Before then, I had been feeling sick for a few months […]

Trucking is an enormous profession, but, until recently, people with insulin-treated diabetes had to go through hoops to earn a commercial driver’s license. Not anymore.

Breakthrough T1D today launched a Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan, to expand the University’s already stellar Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute to tackle some of the most critical challenges in diabetes research. The goal: To yield safer day-to-day management and improved health for people with T1D by developing a comprehensive understanding of T1D metabolism.

Hear Dr. Elad Sintov talk about his research into beta cell replacement technology with our new video.

Virtual ceremony spotlights T1D Champions who never back down, even when faced with type 1 diabetes AND a global pandemic. These T1D Champions help drive The Power of Us.