37-year-old woman has had type 1 diabetes since she was five years old. She was referred to me to help her manage her glucose levels because she wants to have a baby. She was wearing an insulin pump at the time, and had been for the past 20 years. Her glucose levels were very erratic. No pattern in sight.

When you work with children with diabetes, you often find out that many times the parents blame themselves for causing the disease. After a time they move to overprotecting their children and keeping them from enjoying many of the fun things of life as they grow up. This constant banter …

In part 6 of this Exclusive Interview, Steve Freed asks about the possibility of a future app and expanding patient access to their service.

In this week's Homerun Slides, potential new treatment guidelines inspired by beta-cell-centric classification of diabetes.

Glucose regulation of insulin gene transcription factors: Pdx-1 is mainly localized at the nuclear periphery at low glucose concentrations (1–2mM) in beta cells, and becomes phosphorylated and shuttles into the nucleus in response to concentrations stimulating insulin secretion.