World Think Tank on Type 1 Diabetes Meet...(& PRESENTERS: Advances in the ...)

Advances in the Prevention and Reversal of Type 1 Diabetes

Jay Skyler, MD, MACP, University of Miami

Chairman of Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet and Professor at the

internationally renowned University of Miami's Diabetes Metabolic

Unit, Dr. Skyler will give an overview of the current advances and

planned research efforts toward finding ways to prevent and reverse

type 1 diabetes.

Nasal Insulin and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes

Olli Simell, MD, PhD, University of Turku, Finland

Physician, researcher, and instructor of international stature, Dr.

Simmel will provide an overview of a study testing nasal insulin to

prevent type 1 diabetes in children in Finland. Finland has the

highest incidence of type 1 diabetes in the world.

Adult Stem Cells and Reversal of Type 1 Diabetes

Massimo Trucco, MD, University of Pittsburgh

Hillman Professor of Pediatric Immunology and Division Director of

Immunogenetics at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Dr. Trucco

will provide an update on the use of adult stem cells in the

reversal of type 1 diabetes. He will also talk about the critical

immunologic steps that lead to autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes and

the use of this information to prevent and possibly cure type 1

diabetes.

Umbilical Cord Infusion to Reduce Type 1 Severity and Reset

Immunity

Michael Haller, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine,

Gainesville

Dr. Haller, an innovative and proficient researcher of diabetes in

children, will share how cord blood is being tested to treat type 1

diabetes in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

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