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7 May 2024
The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge returns to DUKPC
The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge was the topic on everyone’s lips at this year’s Diabetes UK Professional Conference. Many of the large and growing community of Grand Challenge researchers were …
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21 March 2024
Research into replacing insulin-producing cells is advancing rapidly, with ‘arm pancreas’ trial announced
Using a technique co-invented by Professor Matthias Hebrok, one of the Grand Challenge Scientific Advisory Panel Vice Chairs, researchers are exploring a promising treatment for type 1 diabetes in …
News, Views
1 February 2024
“It’s an optimistic time for people with type 1”
Morgan Shaw, a Grand Challenge researcher who has type 1, tells us how collaboration, ambition and people with type 1 are at the heart of the Grand Challenge.
14 December 2023
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge round-up 2023
We highlight what we’ve made happen in 2023, including investing £18 million in nine new type 1 diabetes research projects.
7 December 2023
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invests £13 million into six transformational new projects
We’re thrilled to unveil the latest groundbreaking research projects we’re funding, to get us closer to having treatments for people with type 1 diabetes that tackle the root cause of their conditi…
5 December 2023
£1 million available to ignite beta cell therapy innovations
A new Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge funding call has opened, focused on supporting innovations into beta cell therapies for people with type 1 diabetes.
28 November 2023
Funding available for transformational novel insulins research
The first funding call under the Novel Insulins part of the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge is open, aiming to support research to drive transformational therapy development.
4 October 2023
“Thank you” from a Grand Challenge researcher
One of the first exceptional scientists to receive Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge funding tells us just what our funding means to her and how the Grand Challenge is building a culture that allows …
5 September 2023
Networking workshop to set the stage for £1 million of funding into beta cell therapy innovations
Researchers are invited to attend a networking workshop this November focused on innovative, high-risk, high-reward ideas with the potential to transform the type 1 diabetes beta cell therapy field.
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.
