Dr. Piotr Witkowski, director of the pancreatic and islet transplant program at the University of Chicago Transplant ...

Marlaina Goedel, diagnosed at age 5, said she is no longer on insulin. For Dr. Daniel Gilada, a husband, physician and soon-to-be father of four, living with Type 1 diabetes had become “overwhelming.” ...

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of pancreatic beta cells, leading to lifelong insulin dependency. While insulin therapy is central to T1D ...

Share on Pinterest Are researchers getting closer to functionally curing type 1 diabetes? Image credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images. A woman has undergone a stem-cell therapy made from her ...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus describes a condition where the body cannot produce insulin which leads to a very high level of blood sugar and associated complications. The condition, which usually ...

When insulin-producing cells are damaged or destroyed and stop producing insulin, type 1 diabetes occurs. Insulin is needed to move blood sugar into cells throughout your body. An insulin ...

Three people with type 1 diabetes who received Vertex Pharma’s islet cell therapy VX-880 have been able to come off insulin altogether within a year, raising the prospect of a life without ...

A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes has been able to stop taking insulin after a groundbreaking stem cell treatment. This is the first human trial of the procedure, and while it’s too soon ...

These cells were chemically induced to mature into insulin-making pancreatic islets—the same cells that are destroyed by the wayward immune system of someone with type 1 diabetes. These ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune condition characterised by the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the ...

Since the treatment, he's stopped taking insulin, according to the findings. Read on to find out why this new study is so unique and whether it's a true step toward finding a type 1 diabetes cure.