Autoimmune Life Blog

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an immensely complex disease, which means it’s going to take many minds—and many approaches—to conquer it. BRI plays a key role in this fight. Here are three ways we're using our expertise to improve research worldwide.

When Merry Malnar was 11 years old, her mom took her in for a routine physical and asked the doctor to test for type 1 diabetes (T1D). Merry seemed perfectly healthy, but T1D ran in the family and her mom feared Merry would inherit it too.

Principal Investigator Karen Cerosaletti, PhD, and colleagues have applied single-cell science to better understand type 1 diabetes with some surprising and significant findings.

Benaroya Research Institute will celebrate eight years of partnership with the Boeing Classic at this year’s tournament on August 20-26.

Our family learned a lot about type 1 diabetes in the weeks after our son Peter was diagnosed just a few days before his third birthday.

Are you competing in this year’s Benaroya Research Institute Seafair Triathlon? If so, you may know something about autoimmune disease – and what we’re doing to fight it.

The endocrinology doctors, nurses, and educators who geek out with us on basal rates. The researchers at places like Benaroya Research Institute, working relentlessly toward better treatments and preventions. The school nurses who keep our kids healthy and learning day after day.

Lauren remembers clearly the day she learned that her diseases were all autoimmune diseases. “I went to a talk by the former head of BRI, Dr.

Did you know family members of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have a 15 times greater risk of developing the disease themselves?  And did you know that all it takes to find out if you are at risk of developing T1D is a simple risk screening?

As a research nurse practitioner, I provide care for chil­dren and adults participating in type 1 diabetes research at Benaroya Research Institute.