Type 1 Diabetes Research
Other Type 1 Diabetes Activities at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which an individual's own immune system launches a misguided attack and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreatic islets. Type 1 diabetes increases a patient's risk of blindness, kidney failure, chronic wound and skin ulcers, neurologic problems, limb amputation, heart disease, heart attacks, stroke, high blood pressure, gum disease, and pregnancy-related problems.
Research on type 1 diabetes and its complications is within the disciplines of several Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health:
- National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/default.htm
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- National Center for Research Resources http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
- National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Nursing Research http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/
Last Updated: 01/08/2008
