• Rising levels of type 1 diabetes for children with low-risk genes
• Genetic engineering creates insulin-producing cells in the gut 
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• New vaccine showing promising results in lab study
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• Elusive pancreatic stem cells found in mice
• Developing new materials to protect transplanted islets cells from attack
• Researchers trigger insulin production from pancreas and liver cells
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• Turning skin cells to stem cells – an exciting step forward for medical research
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• Tumour-suppressing protein regulates beta cell growth
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• Using breath instead of blood to test glucose levels
• Botched production of insulin may lead to diabetes
• A low fat diet could help transplanted islet cells survive
• Omega-3 fatty acids associated with decreased risk of type 1 in children
• Transplant patients living without anti-rejection drugs
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• Glucagon adds a new dimension to artificial pancreas project
• New technique to "see" and protect islet cell transplants
• Genetic studies identify new gene-disease links
• Stem cells from umbilical cords may preserve insulin levels
• Diabetic hearts use fat for fuel
• Omega 3 fatty acids protect against retinopathy
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• Where do beta cells come from?
• Xenotransplantation may provide new avenues for treatment
• Low blood sugar not linked to decline in cognitive ability
• Beta cells found to replenish their own population
• Glucosamine-link supplement shown to suppress autoimmunity
• Novel peptide could boost success of islet cell transplantation
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• Phase 2 trials for intranasal insulin
  
• New report on stem cell transplant treatment
• Positive clinical trial for regenerative therapy
• Mabthera tested for type 1 diabetes
  
• JDRF awards Emory $2.5 million to develop islet transplant technology
  
• Oral insulin trial for Melbourne
• Inhaled insulin found to be safe
• Type 1 diabetes genetic risk higher than previous estimates
• Successful islet transplant without immunosuppressive therapy in mice

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• JDRF researchers clarify initial stage of autoimmune attack
  
• JDRF supports clinical trial of antibody for recent-onset type 1 diabetes
• Company investigates prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes
• Novocell creates insulin-secreting cells from embryonic stem cells
  
• Type 1 diabetes may be caused by disruption of link between nerve cells and beta cells
  
• Bone marrow cells from humans repair islet cells in mice
• JDRF-funded clinical trial finds drug may be effective against diabetic macular oedema
• Drug shown to protect against diabetic retinopathy
• JDRF-funded researchers discover protein that causes blood vessel leakage and swelling in eyes

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• JDRF Trials Artificial Pancreas in the UK
• Stem Cells Manipulated to Fight Diabetes
• Cellular Pathways Identified That Control Beta Cell Growth and Function
• Insulin-Making Protein Identified in Beta Cells
• New Eye Test to Diagnose Neuropathy
• Rare Form of Diabetes Mistaken for Type 1 in Young Children
• Islet Transplantation: A Promising Work in Progress
• Adult Stem Cell Transplants Restore Sight in Blind Mice

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• Exercise a benefit for children with type 1 diabetes
  
• Children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes at risk of depression
• Key protein can change immune function
• Researchers find an immune 'off' switch
  
• Two-drug combination offers long-term immune protection
• Experimental pig-cell transplants may resume
• AIHW Reports into diabetes care
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• Goal Area One: To Restore Normal Blood Glucose Levels
• Goal Area Two: To Prevent and Reverse Complications
  
• Goal Area Three: To Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
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• Long Acting Insulins PBS Listed
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• Islet transplantation program - first round of funding announced
• Insulin producing cells successfully grown in lab
• Stem cells transformed into insulin-producing cells
• Diabetes in monkeys reversed by transplanting islets from pig pancreata
• Molecular link found between high blood sugar and retinopathy
• Researchers find cause for blood vessel damage in people with diabetes
• Two studies suggest method for increasing immune tolerance
• Coma may be self-induced by teens with diabetes
• Diabetes alone 'is not a CHD equivalent'

• Islet cell transplantation improves quality of life
• FDA approves first inhalable insulin
• JDRF-Funded researchers discover molecular link between hyperglycaemia and retinopathy
• Findings about messenger molecule raise hopes for new drug
• Researchers identify protein that spurs beta cell growth
• Possible mechanism found for type 1 diabetes trigger
• Researchers clarify how type 1 diabetes affects beta cell function
• Tight control cuts heart risk

• Imaging Method Allows Researchers to Assess Islet Damage
• Increasing Protein Level Helps Transplanted Islets Survive
• Diabetes Related Kidney Disease Rates Falling
• Inhaled Insulin Delayed for More FDA Review
• Long Acting Insulin Resubmitted to PBAC for March 2006
• Severe Hypoglycaemia Does Not Affect Learning and Memory in Children
• Blood Sugar Drop After Exercise a Risk for Children with Diabetes
• Signals from Mouse Pancreas Show Human Stem Cells the Way

• FDA Approves New Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor
• Antibiotic May Slow or Prevent Diabetic Retinopathy
• FDA Advisers Back Inhaled Form of Insulin
• Islet Transplants Found to Improve Cardiovascular Function
• Strict Glycemic Control Slashes Cardiovascular Disease Risk in T1 Diabetes
• Low Dose Insulin Doesn't Affects Kids' Growth
• Newly Discovered Gene Could Provide Target for Therapies
• Bulimia Nervosa Risk Elevated in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
• Researches Make 'Embryonic-like" Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood
• JDRF Funded Researcher Recognised Amongst"10 of the Best