UF Health researchers map early immune attack in Type 1 diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study by University of Florida Diabetes Institute researchers provides one of the clearest pictures yet of the development of Type 1…

This microscopic image shows immune cells invading a pancreatic islet, a tiny cluster of cells in the pancreas that includes the insulin-producing cells destroyed in Type 1 diabetes. Cells in the islet appear in green, while immune cells driving the autoimmune attack appear in blue and purple. (Image courtesy of Nature Metabolism)

UF diabetes researchers test therapy to prevent immune attack against insulin-producing cells

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It is, in a sense, like visiting the scene of an intended crime. A new University of Florida Health study details a new strategy to…

UF Health study maps hidden immune signals in Type 1 diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Type 1 diabetes researchers have made great progress in understanding the disease in the last two decades, even as a cure remains elusive.…

This image shows the cellular structures of a human pancreatic lymph node. These lymph nodes play an important role in initiating the autoimmune attack that destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas during type 1 diabetes. (Image by UF Diabetes Institute)

Researchers find vital clue in the progression of Type 1 diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the body mistakenly attacks itself as the immune system destroys the pancreas’s insulin-producing…

This is a microscopic view of islets of insulin-producing beta cells from a human pancreas, shown using immunofluorescent staining. The islets are green.

UF Health-led guidelines call for widespread Type 1 diabetes screening in children

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida Health physician-scientist led an international team of Type 1 diabetes experts who recently developed new…

A doctor tests a child's blood glucose level.

Clinician training program leads to better outcomes for patients with diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A tele-education program for health care providers who treat people with diabetes resulted in significant improvements in patient outcomes,…

University of Florida team members meet via videoconference with physicians participating in Project ECHO Diabetes tele-education. Photo by Louis Brems.

Researchers feature successful diabetes interventions in drive to end global health disparities

Worldwide rates of diabetes are expected to nearly triple over the next two decades to an estimated 1.3 billion people with the condition by 2050. To address…

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UF Diabetes Institute director to be honored by the American Diabetes Association

University of Florida College of Medicine researcher and UF Diabetes Institute Director Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., is the recipient of the American Diabetes…

Some in-home tests for average blood sugar levels less accurate than traditional method

A trio of in-home tests that measure average blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes are not as accurate as in-office screening methods, new research by…

A man with a dark skin complexion sits at a dining room table. He is administering a glucose blood text, taking a small sample of blood from his index finder.

UF Diabetes Institute to establish novel biobank to study cardiovascular and kidney disease in diabetes

A major step toward transforming the understanding of cardiovascular and kidney disease in the millions of Americans with diabetes occurred Thursday when the…

UF biological scientist Helmut Hiller works in the lab for the highly successful Network for Pancreatic Organ donors with Diabetes, or nPOD. A new UF-based biobank of heart and kidney tissue to study diabetes will follow the nPOD model. (Photo by Jesse S. Jones.)

UF Diabetes Institute director Mark Atkinson wins Distinguished Scientist Award

University of Florida Diabetes Institute director Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., whose founding of a biobank of pancreatic tissue 15 years ago transformed the…

UF Health Shands Hospital ranked among nation’s best in six medical specialties

No other Florida hospital has as many adult and pediatric specialties ranked among the nation’s best as University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, with the…

Outside of UF Health Shands Hospital building