David Levy, MD, FRCP      Introduction The devastating consequences of diabetic neuropathy are seen every day both in hospital – more bed days are taken up with the consequences of diabetic foot ulceration than any other diabetic complication – and in primary care, where sensory symptoms, especially pain, and autonomic neuropathy, especially …

Dr. Paolo Fiorina talks about the process of stem cell therapy and how the researchers have found a way to use a patient’s own bone marrow stem cells. This also prevents an autoimmune response attacking the cells. Dr. Fiorina discusses how he would like to start fully testing this new …

Dr. Paolo Fiorina explains how, after 30 years of research into the potential of stem cell therapy and immunotherapy for curing type 1 diabetes, new developments in these fields are offering genuine hope for the first time. In a recent study with about 60 type 1 patients, significant progress was …

Firas El-Khatib, PhD, explains some of the details of how the current bionic pancreas works – with three devices – and how a future design will probably only have two devices with a combination insulin/glucagon pump system. He says that, although the bionic device is not a cure, it is …

Firas El-Khatib, PhD, gives us a short introduction to himself and then explains some of his work developing the bionic pancreas focusing especially on the challenges of developing an algorithm. He also discusses the very positive results of the most recent study where patients were able to fully utilize the …

JDRF-funded studies on development of artificial pancreas, encapsulated islet cell therapies, and kidney preservation presented at 2015 ADA Scientific Sessions.

Protection of visual function may signal disruption of mechanisms underlying diabetic retinopathy (DR)… This was a 6-month randomized, controlled clinical trial of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with no retinopathy or mild to moderate non-proliferative retinopathy assigned to twice-daily consumption of placebo or a novel, multi-component formula …

New analysis suggests either aerobics or strength training can improve blood sugar levels, lower body fat and waist size, more… In a randomized trial, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas compared different strategies of exercise for people with type 2 diabetes. They found that people …

Once-daily injection of liraglutide in closed-loop setting effective in decreasing postprandial hyperglycemia, hyperglucagonemia and insulin requirements….

Exercise inversely correlated with HbA1c, diabetic ketoacidosis, BMI, and dyslipidemia in type 1 patients…. Barbara Bohn and colleagues from the University of Ulm in Germany looked at a cohort study with 18,028 adults with type 1 diabetes. Participants were classified according to their physical activity. The results of the study …