Diabetes is a chronic medical condition that affects how the body regulates blood sugar (glucose). Glucose is the main source of energy for cells, and its uptake depends on insulin, a hormone produced ...

Recent groundbreaking research involving over 5,000 genetically predisposed children has uncovered significant connections between early childhood diet and type 1 diabetes risk. This comprehensive ...

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The Primary Oral Insulin Trial (POInT) investigates whether type 1 diabetes in at-risk children can be prevented through oral insulin treatment. First results mark an important step toward the ...

In a fascinating twist, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered that a sugar molecule cancer cells use to hide from the immune system might also protect insulin-producing beta cells in type 1 diabetes. By ...

Reading C-peptide alongside glucose could better predict which autoantibody-positive people will develop type 1 diabetes and ...

For children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes, food is more than just something to eat. It plays a big role in keeping them healthy. But having to think a lot about food, insulin, and blood sugar ...

A new gene therapy approach aimed at protecting people with type 1 diabetes from developing diabetic kidney disease—a serious and common complication of the condition, has shown promising results in a ...

A landmark UK study involving tens of thousands of families has shown that childhood screening for type 1 diabetes is effective, laying the groundwork for a UK-wide childhood screening program.

A team of researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a potential new strategy to prevent, and even reverse, immune checkpoint inhibitor–induced type 1 diabetes, ...