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Here you can find an overview of the latest articles on Type 1 Diabetes. More articles can be found in the News Archive.

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UK: New survey reveals insulin pump postcode lottery
A survey released today by the Medical Technology Group (MTG), has exposed major inequalities in access to insulin pumps across England.
Source: JDRF
date added: 1 September 10
UK: New tool for children and young people with Type 1 diabetes
Diabetes UK, with NHS Diabetes and the Department of Health, has produced an exemplar which describes a care pathway for a child diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Source: Diabetes UK
date added: 30 August 10
Novel stem cell therapy from Cellonis Biotechnologies can help children with diabetes get back their normal lives
Cellonis Biotechnologies, a Beijing and HK-based medical research and application company, has recorded some remarkable results in the treatment of a twelve-year-old boy with diabetes using their stem cell therapy in a Beijing partner hospital.
Source: Cellonis Biotechnologies
date added: 26 August 10
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The American Diabetes Association decries new barrier to embryonic stem cell research
The American Diabetes Association is extremely disappointed by the federal district court decision yesterday blocking the federal government from funding research involving embryonic stem cells.
Source: American Diabetes Association
date added: 26 August 10
A better way to grow stem cells
New synthetic surfaces overcome challenges posed by existing methods for cultivating stem cells.
Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
date added: 24 August 10
Vitamin D found to influence over 200 genes, highlighting links to disease
......there is a growing body of evidence that vitamin D deficiency also increases an individual's susceptibility to autoimmune conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes, as well as certain cancers and even dementia.
Source: Wellcome Trust
date added: 24 August 10
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Evolution may have pushed humans toward greater risk for type-1 diabetes, study shows
Gene variants associated with an increased risk for type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Source: Stanford School of Medicine
date added: 20 August 10
UK: NICE develop new quality standard for type 1 diabetes
......It is fantastic news that NICE will be distinguishing between type 1 and type 2 diabetes when developing the new quality standard for diabetes and is testimony to the hard work by the type 1 community in campaigning for type 1 diabetes to be recognised as a separate and distinct condition.
Source: JDRF
date added: 20 August 10
JDRF launches new initiative to ensure parents are "T1D aware"
Campaign encourages parents to know the signs of Type 1 Diabetes for earlier diagnoses.
Source: JDRF
date added: 20 August 10
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JDRF and Sanford Health to test novel beta-cell regeneration therapy for type 1 diabetes
...The trial follows up on research supported by JDRF that shows that combining two oral medications was effective in regenerating insulin-producing cells in mice with type 1 diabetes.
Source: JDRF
date added: 17 August 10
Ultimate diabetes survivors, the Joslin 50-Year Medalists, give clues to cures
Joslin scientists nail down proof that some people with type 1 diabetes of extreme duration retain active insulin-producing cells
Source: Joslin Diabetes Center
date added: 13 August 10
Diabetes UK: Sign our petition calling for children with diabetes to be given more care and support
Some children can experience bullying and discrimination because of their diabetes, and should be given more support to lead full and healthy lives, according to Diabetes UK.
Source: Diabetes UK
date added: 13 August 10
LCT receives approval to expand DIABECELL NZ Trial
......To date, eight insulin dependent diabetes patients have received the implants DIABECELL® , LCT’s encapsulated porcine islets, and now another four patients will be enrolled into the dose ranging trial.
Source: Living Cell Technologies
date added: 5 August 10
Diabetes shouldn’t deter young athletes
A new study led by York University researchers finds that young athletes with Type 1 diabetes may experience a marked decrease in performance as a result of their blood sugar levels.
Source: York University
date added: 19 July 10
Unearthing King Tet: Key protein influences stem cell fate
Take a skin cell from a patient with Type 1 diabetes. Strip out everything that made it a skin cell, then reprogram it to grow into a colony of pancreatic beta cells.
Source: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
date added: 19 July 10
LCT reports consistent benefit in DIABECELL NZ trial
8 patients in New Zealand have received DIABECELL implants according to schedule
Source: Living Cell Technologies
date added: 13 July 10
Sernova announces positive results of its proprietary cell pouch system in preclinical diabetes model
......"Our Cell Pouch System(TM) is a proprietary medical device implanted under the skin rapidly forming into a tissue-engineered, organ-like structure that provides a natural environment for the survival and function of therapeutic cells. These long-term results represent a significant achievement as a possible alternative to the current practice of injecting islets directly into the portal vein of the liver."
Source: Sernova
date added: 13 July 10
Joslin shows transplanted beta cells learn to deal with stress
Natural mechanisms in insulin-producing cells might be enhanced to aid type 1 diabetes treatments
Source: Joslin Diabetes Center
date added: 6 July 10
JDRF testifies before Congress on diabetes research advances and need for renewal of the special diabetes program
Representatives from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a leader in type 1 diabetes research worldwide, testified this week in two congressional hearings focused on advances in diabetes research and the importance of continued diabetes research funding through the Special Diabetes Program.
Source: JDRF
date added: 6 July 10
FDA approves clinial trial for Type 1 diabetics with treatment developed by BGU researcher
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Investigational New Drug (IND) regulatory clearance to initiate a Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) in type 1 diabetics, based on research by Dr. Eli Lewis of Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Source: American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
date added: 1 July 10
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