There is not only one type of diabetes 1

There is not a single type 1 diabetes, but there are two different forms. One, endotype 1, is diagnosed in younger children and another, endotype 2, is discovered in who is older. To say it is a study conducted by researchers from the University of Exeter published in Diabetology, the journal of the European Association for the Development of Diabetes.

Research shows for the first time that children who have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before the age of 7 do not process insulin correctly and the cells that produce it are quickly destroyed. Those who are older at the first diagnosis of diabetes (therefore, are over 13 years old) often continue to produce normal insulin.

According to the researchers, this discovery poses the question on a new path of study, linked precisely to these dormant cells that produce insulin that could be "reinvigorated 'to function more effectively over time.

"We are extremely excited to find evidence that type 1 diabetes has two separate conditions: T1de1 and T1de2. Its significance could be enormous in helping us understand what causes the disease and in unlocking ways to prevent future generations of children have type 1 diabetes - explains Noel Morgan of the University of Exeter - It could also lead to new treatments if ways can be found to reactivate the dormant cells that produce insulin in the older age group ".