May 3, 2016 | Research News
♦ 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...
Apr 2, 2016 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
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...
Mar 9, 2016 | Research News, Technology Updates
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...
Mar 9, 2016 | Research News
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...
Mar 2, 2016 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
DiabetesMine is developing a new tool to help the diabetes patient community provide feedback on the tools and services available to us now. The idea is to allow the community to rate everything – from BG measuring devices to apps to nutrition and coaching programs –...
Jan 31, 2016 | Featured, Research News
Finerenone, undergoing 2 clinical trials for safety and efficacy, is a new medication developed by Bayer that may help reduce markets of kidney malfunction called “proteinuria” (the presence of abnormal quantities of protein in the urine). Read more on DiaTribe.org:...