Rebalancing the Immune System
Novel therapy to increase beneficial immune cells shows promise in pilot type 1 diabetes clinical study Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused when a person’s immune system mistakenly destroys their...
View ArticleA New Switch Hitter for Type 1 Diabetes Discovered
Pancreatic cells are more adaptable and possess a greater potential for self-healing than previously assumed For decades, the prevailing wisdom was that beta cells could not regenerate and that their...
View ArticleImproving Beta Cell Health and Survival
JDRF-funded clinical study to test marketed drug to improve beta cell health and survival in T1D JDRF recently awarded a $2.1 million grant to Anath Shalev, M.D., director of the University of...
View ArticleUnlocking a Combination Therapy for New Onset T1D
A new study is further assessing if a novel combination of drugs could help treat new onset type 1 diabetes University of Florida researchers are ready to launch a new clinical study to examine if a...
View ArticleRe-educating the Immune System in T1D
JDRF partner Selecta developed a novel technology for creating a T1D vaccine to potentially halt the disease process It has been more than 30 years since scientists identified the basic autoimmune...
View ArticleInvestigating the Role of Regulatory T Cells in T1D
A video explains a potential new immune therapy in the words of the T1D investigator and one of the clinical study participants JDRF Research in the Field spoke to the lead investigator, Dr. Stephen...
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