type 1 diabetes

A powerful antioxidant in green tea may prevent or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.

Researchers were testing EGCG, green tea's predominant antioxidant, in a laboratory mouse with type 1 diabetes and primary Sjogren's syndrome, which damages moisture-producing glands, causing dry mouth and eyes.

New research can enhance survival of islets transplants and improve treatment of type 1 diabetes.

Scientists are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins. Doctors have known the disease is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreas, but the exact trigger of the attack has been unclear.

Now, a new study in mice implicates the immune signal interferon-alpha as an early culprit in a chain of events that upend sugar metabolism and make patients dependent on lifelong insulin injections.

In experiments using blood cells from human patients with diabetes and other autoimmune disorders, researchers have confirmed the mechanism behind a potential new therapy for type 1 diabetes.

Scientists showed that blocking a metabolic pathway regulating the immune system specifically eliminated immune cells that react against a patient's own tissues.

Scientists are reporting promising results from a study that tested a novel therapy for reversing Type 1 diabetes.

The treatment combines a drug that halts the immune damage that causes Type 1 diabetes with another drug that stimulates the pancreas to regenerate.

In the first comprehensive study of the genetic basis of psoriasis, researchers have discovered seven new sites of common DNA variation that increase the risk of the troublesome skin condition.

They also found that variations in one genetic region link psoriasis and a related joint disorder, psoriatic arthritis, to four autoimmune diseases: type 1 diabetes, Grave's disease, celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

Softening of the skull bones in normal-looking babies might reflect vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy, according to a new study.

Furthermore, breast-feeding without vitamin D supplementation could prolong the deficiency, which might lead to a risk of serious health problems later in life, including type 1 diabetes and decreased bone density.

Testosterone deficiency, previously recognized as common in men with type 2 diabetes, is also common in men with type 1 diabetes according to a new study.

These findings suggest that there is a direct link between insulin resistance and reduced testosterone levels in men.

For patients with type 1 diabetes, increased levels of uric acid in the blood may be an early sign of diabetic kidney disease -- appearing before any significant change in urine albumin level, the standard screening test, reports a new study.

Scientists have initiated a phase 1 clinical trial to reverse type 1 diabetes. The trial is exploring whether the promising lab results can be applied in human diabetes.

Previous studies have shown that mice with a form of diabetes that closely resembles type 1 diabetes in humans can be cured.