A new drug for Type 1 diabetes, Teplizumab, is being tested in the PROTECT clinical trial. Teplizumab blocks the action of insulin-destroying antibodies in type 1. Read the article on the Daily Mail
The ELSA study launched nationally on World Diabetes Day in November 2022. Within 24 hours, over 1000 children were signed-up to the study! By February 2023, we have sent over 3000 home-testing kits out to families and have analysed over 1000 kits so far. The next phase of the study is to disseminate to schools […]
Study shows verapamil can have a beneficial effect on the pancreas in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Find out more from this article
On 17/11/22 teplizumab was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the first ever treatment indicated to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes. This is the biggest treatment breakthrough for the condition since the discovery of insulin 100 years ago. Although teplizumab is not approved in the UK yet, […]
An 11 year old’s story of taking part in immunotherapy research: Mahn was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in May 2020. His parents Sharon and Harj were determined to get him onto a clinical trial testing a new treatment called immunotherapy, which hopes to slow the immune attack behind type 1 diabetes. Please click the […]
Scientists and researchers are hoping to slow down the progression or prevent type one diabetes with immunotherapy treatments. This thought-provoking article from DUK’s Balance magazine explains how immunotherapy can help fight type 1 diabetes. Delaying type 1 diabetes: an exciting breakthrough has been made by scientists in the trial of an immunotherapy drug that has […]
Researchers at King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital look into the possibility of slowing the progression of type 1 diabetes. Link to news article with video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35847271
MonoPepT1De clinical trial for type 1 diabetes treatment shows promising results. Link to news article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40876438 Link to publication of results: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/402/eaaf7779.full
Moving towards insulin-free T1D
Are we proof that a drug to stop diseases like diabetes DOES work? via @MailOnline
