The cause of type 1 diabetes remains unknown and is a central focus of Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis and others in his field hoping to find new ways to help 1.6 million ...

Most people know of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, but not all know how their causes differ. We asked Dr. Rodica Busui, the president of Medicine and Science at the American Diabetes Association. Here’s ...

Scientists classify type 1 diabetes as an autoimmune disease, which is when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body. But they don't know exactly what causes the body to attack the ...

Douglas Twenefour, head of care at Diabetes UK sets the record straight on the most common misunderstandings about sugar, ...

There are several possible causes of diabetes ... cells are damaged or destroyed and stop producing insulin, type 1 diabetes occurs. Insulin is needed to move blood sugar into cells throughout ...

Childhood type 1 diabetes was rare but well recognized before ... What inferences can we draw concerning its environmental causes? These considerations prompted a reexamination of the older ...

Toujeo is an injectable insulin medication for the treatment of diabetes (type 1 or type 2) in people who are 6 years old and older. It is a long-acting form of insulin, which allows it to last ...

They infected the organoids with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19) and found the beta cells were being killed off ... “There has long been a hypothesis in the field that certain viral ...

while type 1 diabetes is much less common. However, both are heavily influenced by genetics. Here is what you need to know about the causes and risk factors for diabetes, and what to do if you ...