Funding - January 20, 2021
The DiaUnion project receives additional funding
The Swedish-Danish type 1 diabetes project DiaUnion has received an additional EUR 1 million funding to investigate the link between type 1 diabetes and related autoimmune diseases. Type 1 diabetes causes the immune system to attack and destroy the body’s own vital insulin-producing cells. The disease is chronic and typically affects children and adolescents. In […]
Uncategorized - July 13, 2015
Obesity During Pregnancy Ups Diabetes Risk
Scientists have found the first direct evidence that obesity during the early stages of pregnancy increases a child’s risk of developing type 1 diabetes. The scientists’ advice for expectant mothers: lose weight to decrease the chance of a child developing the disease. “We know that incidents of type 1 diabetes are increasing by 2 to 5 […]
MedTech Business - January 30, 2015
Mendor to Provide Services at Tampere Clinic
Finnish diabetes technology and solution company Mendor has signed a contract with the Finnish City of Tampere to provide Mendor ONE mobile health diabetes management solutions for people with type 1 diabetes at the Tampere diabetes outpatient clinic. Mendor ONE carries a cellular enabled blood glucose meter, cloud software to be used at the clinic […]
Uncategorized - March 11, 2014
Cellular mechanism represses immune reaction in type I-diabetes
According to a new study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, direct contact between different types of immune cells protects tissues from being attacked by the immune defence. In type I diabetes, immune cells kill insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. It remains largely unknown how target tissue is […]
