Fighting Diseases

Innovative Collaboration Brings Researchers Closer to Understanding Type 1

Dr. Cate Speake is on a mission to understand why type 1 diabetes occurs in some patients and not others.
Living With A Disease

“When Bodies Break”: Supporting Research and the Chronic Illness Community

Cameron Auxer knows chronic disease. So she published a book that gives a megaphone to those living with chronic illness, showcasing their stories of struggle, strength and survival.
Living With A Disease

5 Steps for Writing Poems about Illness, Trauma and Healing

Writing can be a vehicle or a container for our emotional, thinking, and spiritual selves.
Living With A Disease

Going Public: How Businesses Can Accommodate Your Needs

Five tips to remember when patronizing businesses in the Pacific Northwest while managing your autoimmune disease.
Fighting Diseases

Using Virtual Reality to See Inside Cells

Could virtual reality headsets let scientists step inside cells and view them in greater detail than ever before? 
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Aiming for Better Lupus Treatments

BRI researchers are studying genes that play a role in lupus and are gaining insights that could improve treatment.
Fighting Diseases

Breakthrough Study Delays Type 1 Diabetes

Two twins sisters participated in a breakthrough type 1 diabetes led by Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet.
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Parenting a Child With T1D: This Might Sound Familiar

When you strip it all down, caring for a child with type 1 diabetes is not all that exotic. Here are three examples.

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