Sep 25, 2016 | Research News, Technology Updates
This is exciting! T1D Exchange and M2D2, a joint venture of the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Worcester campuses that incubates medical device start-ups, have announced the first annual Diabetes Innovation Challenge (2016)....
Sep 25, 2016 | Featured, Research News
Trial name: Study of HDV Insulin Versus Insulin in Type 1 Diabetes Subjects Diabetes type: Type 1 diabetes What the trial is testing: This six-month study will test the safety and efficacy of HDV insulin, a new technology that directs meal-time rapid-acting insulin...
Aug 23, 2016 | Research News
Relationship between the composition of the gut microbiome and diabetes is being demonstrated repeated in studies, as reported in Endocrinology Advisor by Tori Rodriguez, August 11, 2016. In a twin study by researchers at Harvard Medical School, MIT and Seoul National...
Jul 22, 2016 | Research News
CGM Benefits Injection Users, according to the results from Dexcom’s DIaMonD Study, presented at the ADA Scientific Sessions in June, 2016 and reported by www.diaTribe.org, 6/28/2016. According to Dr. Howard Wolpert of the Joslin Diabetes Center, healthcare providers...
May 31, 2016 | Research News
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...
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...