Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge

Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge

Diabetes UK, JDRF and the Steve Morgan Foundation have joined together to fund research that will drive breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes treatments and lead the race towards a cure

Steve and Sally Morgan’s £50 million donation is the largest single philanthropic gift ever made in the UK for diabetes research.

It will mean we can bring together research dream teams to work on bigger and bolder ideas. The goal is to develop new treatments and pave the way to a cure for type 1 diabetes which affects around 400,000 people in the UK.

The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge will call on scientists to come up with innovative and collaborative projects in three research areas, which you can read about below.

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Root causes of type 1 diabetes

Roots causes of type 1 diabetes illustration

Root causes of type 1 diabetes

We need new treatments to deal with type 1’s root causes — the immune system’s attacks on the insulin-making beta cells.

Root causes

Replacing beta cells

Replacing beta cells

We need new and improved treatments to replace or grow back the beta cells that have been destroyed, so people with type 1 diabetes can make enough of their own insulin again.

Beta Cells

Novel insulins

Novel insulins

While we push towards a cure, we need next generation insulins such as those that can respond to changing blood sugar levels and eliminate highs and lows.

Novel Insulins

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.

How to get involved