Runner Jo Pavey today joined JDRF in thanking all 138 runners who completed the Flora London Marathon on Sunday. JDRF Team Pingu 2009 looks set to raise a fantastic £305,000 for their efforts, all of which will help fund research into type 1 diabetes. Jo, who is a seasoned international runner and...

The Daily Telegraph has today published a comment piece from a leading scientist on genetics, sparking debate. Professor Steve Jones, a leading geneticist, has claimed that the hope that genetic research could identify a few key genes that can be targeted to cure a range of common illnesses has...

Trial participants with type 1 diabetes who received an experimental stem cell treatment achieved insulin independence for up to several years, the Journal of the American Medical Association reports this week. The trial involved taking blood from the participants and isolating the stem cells that...

A survey released yesterday by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has found that almost 23,000 children and young people in England have diabetes. This figure is higher than previously estimated. Almost 22,500 children under the age of 18 have type 1 diabetes. That equates to...

Scientists working at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory in Cambridge have uncovered genetic changes that may help protect against type 1 diabetes. The team, led by Professor John Todd, have been looking at a gene called IFIH1. This gene...