Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease that affects your body’s ability to make insulin. Insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas that allows glucose (sugar) to enter your cells.
The cells in your body use glucose from the foods you eat as a source of energy. If you have type 1 diabetes, though, your insulin-producing beta cells are destroyed. This means they no longer make enough insulin to process the glucose in your blood.
High levels of blood glucose can cause a variety of symptoms. You can typically manage the symptoms of type 1 diabetes by regularly checking your blood sugar levels and taking daily insulin injections.
No cure for type 1 diabetes currently exists, but promising research is ongoing. Read on to learn more about how doctors and scientists are working toward a cure for type 1 diabetes.
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According to a research from 2021, current research into type 1 diabetes falls into three major categories.
Typical diabetes management includes daily insulin replacement with injections or sometimes insulin pumps. This is called exogenous insulin, or insulin from outside the body.
Research into insulin replacement usually has more to do with improving treatment than curing type 1 diabetes. But the quality-of-life improvements they can offer are significant.
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