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The Discovery of Type 1 Diabetes


The Discovery of Type 1 Diabetes

The concept of type 1 diabetes as an immunemediated disease emerged rapidly over the period from 1974 to 1976 and showed many of the features of a classic ...

The discovery of type 1 diabetes - PubMed

The etiological heterogeneity of idiopathic diabetes has been recognized for 25 years, and subdivision into type 1 and type 2 diabetes is fundamental to the ...

Diabetes: Past treatments, new discoveries - MedicalNewsToday

Over 3,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians mentioned a condition that appears to have been type 1 diabetes. It featured excessive urination, ...

Milestones in the history of diabetes mellitus: The main contributors

They isolated insulin from pancreatic islets and administrated to patients suffering from type 1 diabetes, saving thus the lives of millions and inaugurating a ...

History of Diabetes: From Ancient Egypt to Modern Medicine

In Greek, “diabetes” means “to go through.” Greek physician Apollonius of Memphis is credited with naming the disorder for its top symptom: the excessive ...

From Thebes to Toronto and the 21st Century: An Incredible Journey

The discovery and isolation of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921–22 was one of the greatest events in the history of medicine.

The History of Type 1: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

The earliest traceable mention of diabetes in history came from an ancient Egyptian papyrus, speaking of a disease that causes rapid weight loss ...

The Past 200 Years in Diabetes | New England Journal of Medicine

Insulin was the first hormone for which the three-dimensional crystal structure was determined (by Dorothy Hodgkin, who had previously received ...

Type 1 diabetes - Wikipedia

Type 1 diabetes (T1D), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is an autoimmune disease that occurs when pancreatic (beta cells) are destroyed by the body's ...

History of Diabetes - News-Medical

Diabetes mellitus is derived from the Greek word diabetes meaning siphon - to pass through and the Latin word mellitus meaning honeyed or sweet.

The History of a Wonderful Thing We Call Insulin

In January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy dying from diabetes in a Toronto hospital, became the first person to receive an injection ...

Type 1 diabetes - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

They may include increased thirst, frequent urination, bed wetting in children who previously didn't wet the bed. Extreme hunger, unintended ...

History of diabetes - Wikipedia

In regard to diabetes mellitus, Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski are commonly credited with the formal discovery (1889) of a role for the pancreas in ...

Type 1 Diabetes: Causes, Symptoms, Complications & Treatment

Anyone at any age can develop Type 1 diabetes (T1D), though the most common age at diagnosis is between the ages of 4 to 6 and in early puberty (10 to 14 years) ...

About Type 1 Diabetes - CDC

This reaction destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin, called beta cells. This process can go on for months or years before any ...

Type 1 diabetes: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

In people with type 1 diabetes, an infection or another trigger causes the body to mistakenly attack the beta cells in the pancreas that make ...

Type 1 Diabetes | Johns Hopkins Medicine

How is type 1 diabetes diagnosed? · Fasting plasma glucose (FPG). This test checks your blood glucose levels after having no calorie intake for at least 8 hours.

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus - Medscape Reference

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic illness characterized by the body's inability to produce insulin due to the autoimmune destruction of the beta ...

Type 1 Diabetes | University of Michigan Health

Type 1 diabetes (also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus — IDDM — or juvenile diabetes) occurs when the pancreas does not make enough insulin ...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus: much progress, many opportunities - JCI

As part of the centennial celebration of insulin's discovery, this review summarizes the current understanding of the genetics, pathogenesis ...