The race for a cure

Bringing the world’s best scientists together to accelerate the development of new treatments and a cure for type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes researcher at microscope

A game-changing partnership

Hear from Steve and Sally Morgan about their hopes for the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge

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The Grand Challenge partners with the NIHR to establish a UK-wide Type 1 Diabetes Cell Therapy Clinical Trials Network
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August 4, 2025

The Grand Challenge partners with the NIHR to establish a UK-wide Type 1 Diabetes Cell Therapy Clinical Trials Network

We’re excited to announce that we’re investing £5 million over the next five years to establish a UK-wide Type 1 Diabetes Cell Therapy Clinical Trials Network, in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

The innovation injection: the cross-disciplinary push to cure type 1 diabetes
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July 14, 2025

The innovation injection: the cross-disciplinary push to cure type 1 diabetes

The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge is bringing diverse skills and fresh perspectives into type 1 research. Here we explain why new ways of thinking are vital and meet some of the researchers from other scientific fields who have joined the type 1 research community.

Despite what you learned at school, insulin isn’t just made in the pancreas
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June 16, 2025

Despite what you learned at school, insulin isn’t just made in the pancreas

Hear from our researcher, Dr Craig Beall, about the brain insulin production – what we’ve discovered so far, and what’s more to understand.

Putting people affected by type 1 diabetes at the heart of research.

The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge brings together scientists and the type 1 community to drive forward progress in areas that matter most to people with type 1.

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