Fighting Diseases

Personalizing Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Some people with T1D are “fast progressors,” while other people’s disease moves more slowly. BRI researchers are on a quest to learn why — and they’re getting closer to finding answers.
Community Stories

A Research Pioneer Gives Back

When Virginia Mason researchers needed patients with type 1 diabetes to test some of the first insulin pumps in the 1970s, Mary Buse bravely volunteered.
Fighting Diseases

A New Cell with Global Implications

BRI researchers set out to find the cause behind a life-threatening anemia and side effect of autoimmune diseases - and gained rare insight into another condition that affects millions around the world.
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Elisa-Boden-MD-and James-Lord-MD

Pursuing a Revolution in IBD Treatment

Only about half of IBD patients respond to today’s drugs — and only about 20 percent achieve remission. Learn how BRI researchers are working to change that.
Living With A Disease

Self-Advocacy For Autoimmune Disease Patients: A Conversation with Judi Rising and Tracey Barnes

Judi Rising and daughter Tracey Barnes understand what it looks like to advocate for yourself and others living with autoimmune diseases.
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Group of male scientists in laboratory

Pinpointing the Connection Between Cancer and Autoimmune Disease

Scientists at BRI are exploring the links between cancer and autoimmunity–and BRI is building an infrastructure to help them make progress against both types of disease.
News & Views

Supporting Medical Research on the Golf Course

Gary Kerr and Tom Bonorden, Co-Chairs of the Boeing Classic volunteers, share a love of golf and a passion to win the fight against autoimmune disease.
Living With A Disease
Two Brothers with Type 1 Diabetes

What T1D Can Teach Us: A Sibling’s Perspective

“I was about six years old when my life changed completely. That was the day I found out Peter had type 1 diabetes.” A sibling’s outlook on his brother’s experience with diabetes.
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Teaming Up on an Allergy Research Breakthrough

Molecular Biologist Erik Wambre, PhD, needed a research assistant who could be a research Swiss army knife. That’s where Veronique Bajzik stepped in.
Living With A Disease
Living with Lupus: Lori Carter’s Story

Living with Lupus: Lori Carter’s Story

It’s been a long four and half years since Lori Carter’s lupus diagnosis. With time and remarkable effort, she’s finding her way to a fuller, healthier life.

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