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Guillermo Garcia running with type 1 diabetes
Shared stories

"There’s always a way to turn your passion into a force for good"

Guillermo Garcia is on a mission to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to complete all six World Marathon Majors, fundraising for Breakthrough T1D at the same time

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A room full of type 1 diabetes specialists listening to a lecture at EASD 2024
Research

Five things we’ve learnt at EASD 2024

The 2024 European Association for the Study of Diabetes conference was packed with inspiring presentations, expert discussions and cutting-edge research.

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Dr Emma Berry
Expert opinion

Dr Emma Berry on being a queer type 1 diabetes researcher

Dr Emma Berry is a Breakthrough T1D UK-funded researcher at Queen’s University Belfast. She is running a research project to develop a digital psychosocial wellbeing tool for young people with type 1 diabetes in the UK. Here, Emma discusses what it’s like being a queer researcher and how LGBTQ+ and mental health issues can affect people with type 1.

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Professor Tim Tree
Treatment research project

Supporting clinical trials of ustekinumab

We are funding Professor Timothy Tree and his team at King’s College London to support clinical trials of ustekinumab in young people recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The team is analysing blood samples from people taking part in the clinical trials USTEKID and UST1D2.

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Photo collage of Sophie as a child running in her garden, and today wearing her CGM on her arm as she exercises
Shared experience

My type 1 diabetes diagnosis – and why I’m sharing my story

When I think back to my diagnosis it was, and will always be, one of the most challenging things that I have dealt with – and continue to deal with.

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Ben Goulding lifting weights at the gym
Sport and exercise

When I was diagnosed with type 1, fitness took on a whole new meaning

Ben's story

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Type 1 diabetic boxer sparring with punch bag in boxing gym
Sport and exercise

Sport and type 1 diabetes: "Fighting for my boxing licence was worth the challenge"

Muhammad Ali, a boxer with type 1 diabetes who won a three-year battle to get a professional boxing license, had his debut fight in 2018. Here, he talks about his approach to boxing and living with type 1.

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Dannie on her wedding day in an official wedding photo with her dad and daughter
Shared experience

Three generations of family affected by type 1 diabetes

“If I met the scientists behind the insulin technology I would honestly give them the biggest high five in the world!”

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Niall Canavan, a professional footballer with type 1 diabetes
Sport and exercise

Good days and bad days – learning to manage type 1 diabetes as a professional footballer

Niall Canavan is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bradford City in the English Football League. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 27.

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Members of Breakthrough T1D UK's Scientific Advisory Council.
Policy and volunteering

What’s it like being on Breakthrough T1D UK's Scientific Advisory Council?

Our Scientific Advisory Council makes sure that the research we fund and the policy work we do in the UK is the most promising and relevant for people living with type 1 diabetes.

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