UF Health Researchers Propose an Update to Type 1 Diabetes Staging System
UF researchers have called for an update to the Type 1 diabetes staging system, urging the development of a more precise risk assessment method to reflect rapid advancements in science and medicine.
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UFDI Medical Director Recipient of Prestigious JDRF George Eisenbarth Award
Desmond Schatz, M.D., professor and interim chair of the Department of Pediatrics, and Pediatric Medical Director of the University of Florida Diabetes Institute, has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2021 JDRF George Eisenbarth Award for Type 1 Diabetes Prevention.
COVID-19 Not Likely to Trigger Type 1 Diabetes, UF Health Researchers Find in Joint Study
A protein thought to be the novel coronavirus’ entryway into the body could not be detected in the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in three dozen individuals, the strongest evidence yet that COVID-19 is unlikely to trigger or worsen Type 1 diabetes, according to a new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers. The study, […]
Todd M. Brusko, Ph.D., Named Scientific Director of the UF Diabetes Institute
Todd M. Brusko, Ph.D., associate professor for UF Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, has been named Scientific Director of the UF Diabetes Institute (UFDI). Dr. Brusko joins the senior leadership team of the UFDI under its director Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., pediatric medical director Desmond Schatz, MD, and adult medical director Kenneth Cusi, MD. […]
UF Health Researchers on Team Studying Possible Viral Link With Type 1 Diabetes
A prolonged infection by a common virus might sometimes trigger the immune system attack on the pancreas that ultimately leads to Type 1 diabetes. The finding from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young, or TEDDY, study was recently published in the journal Nature Medicine by a team of scientists that includes Desmond Schatz, […]
UF Health Researchers Launch Trial Involving Gut Bacteria’s Role in Type 1 Diabetes
Graciela Lorca, Ph.D., was part of a University of Florida Health research team that discovered about a decade ago that something was amiss in the guts of diabetic rats. Their intestinal tracts, which like humans are teaming with billions of microorganisms that aid digestion, had fewer numbers of a particular probiotic compared with the guts […]