JDRF has launched a quirky new range of virtual gifts in time for Christmas. Gifts start at £6 and you can choose from products such as 'Grow a Beta Cell', a 'Genetic Explorer', some 'Peace of Mind', 'Precious Time' a 'Really Big Chemistry Set' or even some 'Bright Ideas' .

A drug used to treat non-Hodgkins lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis has been shown to protect insulin producing cells in people with new onset type 1. Findings from this JDRF funded study in America and reported this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, indicated that rituximab (Rituxan)...

Now’s your chance to tell your story and help JDRF raise awareness of type 1 and the need to fund research. In a continuation of our World Diabetes Day campaign, ‘Tell your story’ allows you to create a short animation and send it to your friends, who’ll then carry on the...

A new cell transplant service has launched in Scotland which could help some people with type 1 diabetes. The Scottish Islet Isolation Laboratory has been set up to provide the cells needed for islet transplantations. This treatment involves extracting islets – the cells that produce insulin...

This World Diabetes Day (14th November) has seen many of you across the UK help JDRF talk type 1. Messages for Gordon Thousands of you left messages for Gordon Brown on www.jdrfaware.com, which we delivered to his front door on Monday 9th November. A group of T1 Youth Ambassadors helped take the...