Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ CRISPR-based therapy made history as the first drug of its type, transforming care options for sickle ...

The best ways to treat diabetes include taking insulin, using medication like metformin, getting regular exercise, and ...

More than 588 million American adults are currently living with diabetes, the latest data shows — and between 90% and 95% of ...

Henagliflozin, a diabetes treatment approved in China, may do more than just control blood sugar—it may actually slow ...

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the cells that produce insulin—a ...

Scientists have reversed diabetic heart failure with a genetic therapy in mice and miniature human "hearts" grown from stem ...

Diabetes isn't curable because of the cells that produce insulin, the hormone key to helping the body break down blood sugar. These are the beta cells in the pancreas that either can't make enough ...

A new experimental treatment may be able to cure type 1 diabetes. About 83% of the patients were able to stop using insulin after the treatment. Research into the treatment is ongoing. Experts explain ...

There’s a cliché in the type 1 diabetes community that a cure has been “five years away” for as long as anyone can remember. For decades, patients have been told that researchers were on the verge of ...

Novo Nordisk has cut its cell therapy division, where it was trying to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, Bloomberg News ...

At the most fundamental level, diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a metabolic disease of the retina. When excessive glucose is ...

Diabetic foot is a type of nerve damage that leads to poor circulation, slower healing, and in severe cases, infections that require amputation.