Researchers from Saint Louis University Medical Center have discovered a way to prevent type 1 diabetes from a mice model of the disease. The new approach developed by the scientists stops the destruction of beta cells and preserves the production of insulin. Findings of the said study were published in the journal Endocrinology. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by destruction of the pancreatic be

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have discovered that a common blood pressure drug can completely reverse diabetes in animal models. And now a clinical trial is underway in 2015 to find out whether the effects may be the same in human diabetes. The groundbreaking clinical trial is set to begin early next year, thanks to a 3-year $2.1 million grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundati

A common virus that affects children is said to accelerate the development of type 1 diabetes in mice. According to researchers from the University of Melbourne, a rotavirus infection that causes severe diarrhea in kids may also aggravate or fast track the development of diabetes. The findings were published in PLOS Pathogens journal. According to the researchers, a rotavirus infection and its link to type 1 diabet

Respiratory infections experienced in early childhood may be connected to the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus or T1D. This is according to a study by researchers in Munich, Germany. The results of the study are published on JAMA Pediatrics. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a form of diabetes where the body develops an autoimmune response and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. The lack of