Month: November 2018
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More Adults May have Type 1 Diabetes Than Previously Thought
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) used to be known as juvenile diabetes because it is often first diagnosed during childhood. Since the pancreas produces little to no insulin, difficulty regulating blood […]
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Building a Pipeline of Young Researchers
New and innovative research is essential to continuing to expand scientific knowledge and improve the future of healthcare. Yet over the years, the biomedical community has seen a troubling downward […]
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The Growing Cost of Type 1 Diabetes Management
For individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D), insulin is a life-saver. Literally. Without it, their body can go into a state of diabetic ketoacidosis where blood sugar becomes so high […]
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Increasing Polyclonal IgMs May Help Prevent or Reverse T1D
A common strategy used by researchers in treating type 1 diabetes (T1D) is to destroy or deactivate immune cells that mistakenly attack insulin-producing beta cells. There have been many variations […]