New therapy teplizumab could delay type 1 diabetes by years – if caught early
By Richard Oram, Professor of Diabetes and Nephrology, University of Exeter
Nicholas Thomas, Clinical Lecturer, Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Exeter
For more than a century, type 1 diabetes has meant one thing: a lifetime administering insulin. But for the first time, science is breaking that paradigm – not by managing the disease, but by intercepting it before symptoms even appear.
As the first patients in the UK begin receiving the groundbreaking new therapy, teplizumab, we are developing ways to identify who might benefit from a drug that only works if given before any symptoms appear. At the Royal Devon NHS, we are currently treating the first UK…
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025