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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Move over time in range…time in TIGHT range wants a seat at the table. But should we make room? Dr. Pettus explains what TITR is, how it developed, and whether or not it’s time to embrace it.
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When Aubrey Molgaard’s young daughter Elin showed signs of type 1 diabetes, Aubrey traveled across two states to get Elin on a new medication called Tzield that delays the onset of type 1. Elin was the first child in Iowa to receive the medication, and she remains insulin free to this day.
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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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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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