Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the specific destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic ...

There’s a cliché in the type 1 diabetes community that a cure has been “five years away” for as long as anyone can remember. For decades, patients have been told that researchers were on the verge of ...

Nearly two million Americans are affected by type 1 diabetes. Diabetes occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin to breakdown sugar or glucose. As a result, patients have high blood pressure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This story was originally published on PharmaVoice. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily PharmaVoice ...

Dear Doctors: I have Type 1 diabetes. I try to stay healthy and keep my blood sugar under control, but it feels like a fight every day. I read there’s a study using stem cells for a cure. Are there ...

A potential cure for type 1 diabetes has been identified by scientists in a new mouse study. In an animal study, researchers at Stanford School of Medicine discovered that resetting the immune system ...

Insulin-producing cells can be genetically modified to hide from the immune system. People with type 1 diabetes must constantly rely on insulin injections or pumps, usually for the rest of their life ...

Borrowing a cancer cell’s disguise, scientists shielded insulin-producing cells from attack by the immune system, a breakthrough that could pave the way for targeted type 1 diabetes treatments without ...

A large UK study suggests that screening children for type 1 diabetes using a simple finger-prick blood test could help identify the condition earlier and prevent some of the most dangerous emergency ...

A recent study by Vanderbilt Health researchers has revealed a greater, detrimental role for B lymphocytes (B cells) in the ...

Vertex is ending work on one of its two clinical-stage islet cell treatments after the diabetes therapy looked unlikely to trigger sufficient levels of insulin production in a phase 1/2 trial. The ...