Diabetes Care Archives
Study links small pancreas size to faster progression to stage 3 Type 1 diabetes
Feb. 2, 2024—A multicenter, longitudinal study, co-led by investigators at the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center, has discovered that a small pancreas size predicts a faster progression to stage 3 Type 1 diabetes (T1D), the point at which clinical diagnosis occurs.
Family’s participation key to advancing diabetes research
Mar. 9, 2023—A study of one family from Alabama has led Vanderbilt researchers to discover that insulin deficiency, independent of the autoimmunity associated with Type 1 diabetes, is the principal factor leading to a markedly smaller pancreas.
Researchers urge priority vaccination for individuals with diabetes due to increased COVID-19 impact
Dec. 4, 2020—Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have discovered individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes infected with COVID-19 are three times more likely to have a severe illness or require hospitalization compared with people without diabetes.
Study expands insight on shrinking pancreas in type 1 diabetes
Apr. 25, 2019—Researchers with the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC) have discovered a progressive decline in pancreas volume over a one-year period in children and adolescents with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes.