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JDRF's Research Frontline e-mail newsletter is published approximately 6 to 8 times per year to provide the latest information about research on type 1 diabetes and its complications. The newsletter is available in HTML format, with links to additional information and a printer-friendly Adobe Acrobat version.

Read the current issue:
     Special Edition, January 2010
     *Artificial Pancreas Project

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Read previous issues:
     October 2009
     * Targeting the B cell prevents diabetes in mice
     * Successful encapsulation of beta cell precursors
     * Why beta cell regeneration slows with age
     * With the switch of a gene, non-insulin producing cells make insulin    

     August 2009
     * Connecting people with diabetes to clinical trials
     * Two drugs for hypertension may address diabetic retinopathy
     * In development: A novel oral vaccine for type 1 autoimmunity
     * JDRF, GNF form innovative partnership
     * Researchers gather to discuss the complications of diabetes and obesityJuly 2009
     * JDRF Partner Bayhill Enters Collaboration with Genentech to Develop Type 1 Vaccine 

     June 2009
     * Progress on the Stem Cell Front
     * A Gene in Mice May Hold Clues to Treatments for People 
     * In the Near Future, a Clinical Trial of Regulatory T Cells 

     April 2009
     * News in Islet Transplantation
     * Cancer Drugs Reverse Diabetes in Mice
     * A Potential New Treatment for Retinopathy

      March 2009
     * Stem cell policy repealed
     * A promising new therapy
     * Metabolic abnormalities precede autoimmunity in type 1 children
     * Scientists find a way to encourage the replication of adult human beta cells

     February 2009
     * An important new field of study: the epigenetics of type 1 diabetes
     * A new gastrin combination therapy reverses diabetes in mice
     * Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease are genetically linked 

     December 2008
     * JDRF-Funded Study Links "Hygiene Hypothesis" to Diabetes Prevention
     * Diabetes Researchers Discover An Early Trigger of Autoimmunity
     * A New Antigen Therapy Brings Long-Term Survival of Transplanted Islets Without Immunosuppression

     September 2008
     * In Mice, Adult Pancreas Cells are Made to Produce Insulin
     * Interleukin-2 Emerges as a Central Player in the Development of Type 1 Diabetes
     * Extension of the Special Diabetes Program

     July 2008 
     * Towards Evaluating Pancreatic Beta Cells In Vivo
     * Using Dendritic Cells to Control Autoimmunity
     * Scientific Presentations Focus on Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

     May 2008
     * Success in Growing Human Beta Cells In Vitro
     * An Antibody Therapy Activates Key Regulatory Cells, Alters Disease Progression
     * Human Stem Cells, When Transplanted Into Mice, Are Fully Functional

     March 2008
     * An "Inflammatory Signature" in Both New-Onset and At-Risk Patients
     * Genetics Protects Some From Diabetic Kidney Disease
     * At Last, the Elusive Pancreatic Progenitor Cell

     November 2007
     *  Tumor-Suppressing Protein Found to Regulate Beta Cell Growth
     *  Human Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Embryonic State

     October 2007
     *  JDRF Industry Partners in Drug Development Alliances with Major Pharma
         Companies
     *  Fatty Acid In Diet May Lower Type 1 Diabetes Risk
     *  Current Transplant Drugs May Hinder Beta Cell Regeneration
     *  Discovery of Fourth Diabetes Antibody Should Aid Prediction

     September 2007
     *  Taking Antibody Orally May Block Diabetes
     *  Stopping Islet Inflammation May Be Key for Type 1 Prevention
     *  Gene Provides Clues to Development of Type 1

     July 2007
     *  Study Finds Type 1 Incidence May Be Higher Than Thought 
     *  Mouse Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Embryonic State
     *  Powerful Research Method Finds Four New Type 1 Diabetes Genetic Regions

     March 2007
     *  Clinical Trial of Diabetes Regenerative Therapy Shows Positive Results 
     *  Glucagon May Add Another Dimension to Artificial Pancreas
     *  Immune System Pathway May Be Key Route for Preventing Diabetes

     January 2007
     *  Natural Compounds Prevent Diabetes by Blocking Immune Cell Channel
     *  Amniotic-Fluid Derived Stem Cells Show Potential
     *  Drug Shown to Prevent Against Diabetic Retinopathy


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