An Endocrinologist’s Unique Journey Helping with People Living with Type 1 Diabetes

Dr. Tina Gupta with Vertex Pharmaceuticals

After seeing the struggles her patients faced living with type 1 diabetes, Dr. Tina Gupta was compelled to do more to help. She left clinical practice and joined Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a company researching treatment therapies that replace non-functioning beta cells with stem-cell- derived cells to try to reduce or eliminate the need for people with T1D to take insulin.

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T1D Relay Team Takes on the Ironman

Type 1 Diabetes Ironman Team

The three determined members of team “Dia-Bet-U-Can’t-Beat-Us” had a mission greater than finishing the 70.3-mile Oceanside, CA Ironman when they competed in April, which fueled their resolve to overcome the challenges they faced in in the 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run.

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Glucagon Updates You NEED to Know, Including Mini-Dosing!

For years and years (and years), the “red suitcase” was the main glucagon rescue kit most people with type 1 diabetes had stashed somewhere in case of emergency. Thankfully, we now have two newer glucagon options that are much easier to administer. Drs. E+P explain how to use each one, and they discuss the research and off-label mini-dose glucagon experiments people are conducting that may be a mirror into the future.

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