This technique could potentially be used to deliver vaccines against other infectious diseases such as those administered in childhood, and also vaccines to manage chronic inflammatory and autoimmune conditions such as type-1 diabetes or vaccines to control certain allergies.
But the Barry family isn't flying again until they're confident their kids -- both of whom have Type 1 diabetes -- will have pumps that work beyond the checkpoint.
The result of both long-term type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus is end-organ damage.
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Sometimes, an answer emerges to explain why a 6-year-old girl with Type 1 diabetes starts to writhe uncontrollably on her right side and has a voice tremor, or why a woman in her 50s is bulking up without any apparent reason.
Type 1 diabetes results from a rheumatoid-like autoimmune reaction in which one's own body attacks and destroys the beta cells of the pancreas.
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But only 38% knew passing urine frequently was an indication of type 1 diabetes, while even fewer - 28% - linked weight loss with the condition.
He says Montreal-based ConjuChem (trades as CJC in the TSE) is a good buy, following positive phase II results for its type II diabetes drug DAC:GLP-1.
The 20 participants, who all had type 2 diabetes, were given either GLP-1 or saline for six weeks continuously.
Upwards of 1 million persons in the U.S. have type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent or juvenile-onset diabetes.
Their 8-year-old daughter, Adalyne, has type 1 diabetes and celiac disease.
She quickly found out that she couldn't get health insurance that would cover her type 1 diabetes, at least without a six-month or year-long waiting period, because it is considered a preexisting condition.
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GLP-1 also plays a role in insulin production - and is present in lower concentrations in people with type 2 diabetes.
Reversing the onset of Type 1 diabetes by turning adult precursor cells from the spleen into insulin-producing cells is a new approach.
Last month, a 61-year-old man became the first person in the UK to be cured of type 1 diabetes in this way.
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In Type 1 diabetes, an inherited form of the disease, the immune system destroys insulin-producing cells.
Insulin-producing islets from healthy mice were mixed with the gel and injected into mice with Type 1 diabetes.
The number of children with Type 1 diabetes is rising, with some studies suggesting it is increasing across Europe at a rate of 2-3% each year.
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