UF Health Researchers Propose an Update to Type 1 Diabetes Staging System (UF Health)

UF Health Researchers Propose an Update to Type 1 Diabetes Staging System

The understanding of Type 1 diabetes races forward, propelled by Big Data, technological advances, and the urgent hopes of millions globally who long for new treatments or an elusive cure.

Now, some researchers suggest the model used to assess the risk of developing Type 1 diabetes in individuals with early, symptomless markers of the disease is ready for an update.

And it’s barely 9 years old, a reflection of the meteoric pace of science and medicine.

University of Florida Health diabetes researchers and collaborators issued a call to action in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, one of the most prestigious journals in the field, urging the development of a more precise method of calculating Type 1 diabetes risk.

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