What is the difference between an individual whose pancreas will continue producing insulin for 50 years, versus someone whose body may suddenly stop generating it within the next 18 months? Dr. Cate Speake is trying to understand why.

Two twins sisters participated in a breakthrough type 1 diabetes led by Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet.

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

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.

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.

The Wedgwood Elementary School's Diabetes Kids are part of a small but mighty community built on care, comfort and normalcy.

Some people go the extra mile for their favorite cause. Roberta Winter went 800 miles past that.

Dr. Jerry Nepom, who founded BRI’s Diabetes Research Program in the 1980’s, and who led BRI’s growth as a world-class research institute for 3 decades, answered our questions about the state of T1D research: 

For siblings, the changes that come when a sister or brother is diagnosed with T1D hit like an earthquake, sudden and seismic.

Tips to survive the winter when living with an autoimmune disease, including bundling up, preparing for the elements, and staying active.