Open AccessType 1 diabetes: where are we in 2017?
Author(s) -
Melanie M. Copenhaver,
Robert R. Hoffman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
translational pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2224-4344
pISSN - 2224-4336
DOI - 10.21037/tp.2017.09.09
Subject(s) - medicine , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a chronic state of insulin deficiency which results from destruction of beta cells by the immune system. The long term microvascular and macrovascular complications can be devastating. Since the discovery of insulin almost 100 years ago new medical therapies have improved the long-term survival for people with type 1 diabetes. Each year we come closer to discovering a cure but much work still needs to be done to eliminate this disease.