What is in the future of Diabetes Type 1?

There is strong evidence that type 1 diabetes happens when an individual with a certain combination of genes comes into contact with a particular environmental influence. Past research has identified some good candidate genes, and raised suspicion on others. read more

Type 1 diabetes is a multifactorial, chronic and autoimmune disorder characterized by the progressive destruction of the pancreas resulting in loss of insulin secretion and production. Though this type of diabetes is rare, still it is witnessing a 3% increase every year especially among children. read more

Yogi Berra, the famous baseball player, once said that 'it's tough to make predictions, especially about the future'. This applies to any attempt to predict the future for research in type 1 diabetes. read more

The future of treating Type 1 diabetes. There are few conditions that science has made such a fundamental impact on as Type 1 diabetes - the first use of insulin in the 1920s transformed it from a death sentence into something people can live with. read more