On The Road to the Cure

A Better Understanding of Type 1 Diabetes May Eventually Suggest a
Treatment for the Disease
ORLANDO, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
Exciting new research is helping doctors to better understand how
type 1 diabetes begins, which in turn may provide clues for a cure in
the future. This research will be presented at the American
Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 17th Annual Meeting &
Clinical Congress, by Mark Atkinson, PhD, at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday,
May 15, 2008, at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando.

"It was once believed that there were no prior indicators for type
1 diabetes, and that a person developed it quite suddenly," AACE
Member and session moderator Dace L. Trence MD, FACE said. "We're now
learning that there is a long latency period before type 1 takes
effect, and that we can predict who is at risk for the development of
type 1 diabetes."

Dr. Atkinson will discuss how new research indicates that for most
individuals who develop type 1 diabetes, the disease process actually
begins to occur within the first two to three years of life, months to
many years before the disease is diagnosed. In addition, research has
uncovered a dramatic increase in the number of patients diagnosed with
type 1 diabetes, most often in families with no history of the
disease.

At the 2008 AACE Annual Meeting, diabetes will be taking center
stage. A special symposium titled "Clinical Trials Targeting Glycemia:
What Do We Expect to Learn?" will consider the impact of glucose
control through studies including ACCORD, ADVANCE, VADT, and others.
Other sessions of interest include "Insulin Resistance and
Atherosclerosis: The Missing Link," "Diabetes: A Cardiac Condition,"
and "Hypoglycemia: The Limiting Factor in the Glycemic Management of
Diabetes."

Media Registration:

http://www.aace.com/meetings/ams/2008/MRGuidelines.php

About AACE:

http://www.aace.com/org/history.php

About the AACE Annual Meeting:

http://www.aace.com/meetings/ams/2008/

Other AACE Annual Meeting News

http://www.aace.com/newsroom/press/2008/index.php?r=20080109

http://www.aace.com/newsroom/press/2008/index.php?r=20080108

http://www.aace.com/newsroom/press/2008/index.php?r=20080107

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Bryan Campbell (bcampbell@aace.com)
Greg Willis (gwillis@aace.com)
904-353-7878

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