Savvy Updates: 5/30/2016: T1 and Bacteria, 90-day CGM, Lab Beta Cells, & MORE
Type 1 Diabetes May Be Triggered by Bacteria Reported by Honor Whiteman, MedicalNewsToday.com, 5/17/2016 A study by researchers from Cardiff University in the UK suggests that a part of a bacterium that activates killer T cells may cause them to bind to beta cells and...
Savvy Diabetic Update, 1 May 2016: Salk Beta Cells, 5th Autoantigen, Victoza & more
♦ Study produces fully functional beta cells from artificial embryonic stem cells, according to a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune by Bradley Fikes, 4/15/2016 (and also sent to me by 3 different friends living in San Diego!). Salk Institute scientists say...
Savvy Updates 4/2/2016: Insulin Variability Overnight, Designing for Diabetes, and More …
What Improves My Healthcare Experience by Kerri Sparling, 26 January, 2016 Kerri Morrone Sparling has had T1 almost 30 years. She writes a blog website called Six Until Me, which she started because “I was tired of Googling “diabetes” and coming up with little more...
The Savvy Diabetic Research Update: 9 March 2016
Senseonics’ Eversense: 90-day Implanted CGM Enters US Pivotal Trial www.DiaTribe.org, 2/26/2016 This pivotal trial will evaluate the accuracy and safety of the Senseonics’ implantable, 90-day Eversense CGM system. Eversense CGM measurements will be compared to a...
Insulin-producing Mini Stomachs a Possible Diabetes Treatment
This is an exciting bit of news from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, as reported in Gizmag magazine, 22 February 2016. At the bottom is the link to the original research article published in Cell Stem Cell. Patients with Type 1 diabetes suffer from an absence of...
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