News from ADA 2018

The American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions for 2018 (called ADA2018 with hastag #2018ADA) just ended.  I was not there, but did monitor twitter and other social media to get a feel for what was going on.  As in previous years, it was about 90% type-2 and about 90% treatments (not cures), and of the remaining type-1/cure research, only a little was human trials of the type covered in this blog.

So anyway, here is a huge list of links (mostly links to tweets) which I found interesting for one reason or other.  I've tried to categorize them, and in a few cases, after the link, I've added a sentence or two about why I found them interesting.

Summary web sites:
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Cure Related
ATG/GCSF:
    https://twitter.com/BeyondType1/status/1011252403079745536
    https://twitter.com/Judithendo/status/1011240300742893568
Meta-Dopa, which I need to blog about:
    https://twitter.com/Judithendo/status/1011291591875743744
Encapsulation for beta cells (animals, I think):
    https://twitter.com/Cristob_Morales/status/1011230794831089667

Smart Insulin:
https://twitter.com/mbotana/status/1010599897987473410
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ViaCyte:
https://twitter.com/ViaCyte/status/1010508277766082560
https://twitter.com/ViaCyte/status/1010493177273442304
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Artificial Pancreas:
There were lots more, but these really called out to me.
https://twitter.com/danamlewis/status/1010527143938416641
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https://ift.tt/2MBywgK

General Interest:
https://twitter.com/em_saidwhat/status/1010513691056451584
Pregnancy: https://twitter.com/RenzaS/status/1010494620512473088
Average A1c by age: https://twitter.com/RenzaS/status/1010476210088886272
Vit D: https://twitter.com/cristinatejerap/status/1010589989678305280
T2D delays T1D? https://twitter.com/cristinatejerap/status/1010604154186817537
Mice vs. Humans: https://twitter.com/Cell_Onion/status/1010543301580279808
Gut not important? https://twitter.com/DrKirstieBell/status/1010618697440989184
Patch Pump: https://ift.tt/2KwjGLm
Half Units Matter: https://twitter.com/Diabetes_Videos/status/1011391416889696256
Adjunct Therapy: https://ift.tt/2ImduQV?
Bariatric Surgery T1D: https://twitter.com/Ali_Aminian_MD/status/1011647953667272704
SGLT:
    https://twitter.com/MarkHarmel/status/1011646768776392705
    https://twitter.com/AmDiabetesAssn/status/1010860753589587968
    https://ift.tt/2Kw3Dx0

New Patch Pump: https://twitter.com/SanofiDCV/status/1011617549174353920

Type-2:
Lots of comorbid conditions: https://twitter.com/AstraZenecaUS/status/1010526644656799744

Transplants:
https://twitter.com/drpratikc/status/1011353557013073920
An attempt at a head-to-head comparison of islet transplants vs. Artificial Pancreas results.  Interesting!

The other form of bihormonal AP:
https://twitter.com/EndocrineToday/status/1011330691009658880
Most bihormonal AP research uses insulin and glucagon, but this one uses insulin and pramlintide.

Faustman:
News: https://ift.tt/2MxP09Q
Discussion: https://twitter.com/Drbeth_/status/1010431411671748608
Poster and Discussion: https://twitter.com/HangryPancreas/status/1011294476260831233
ADA and JDCA joint letter (later supported by the Berrie Center):
    https://twitter.com/keddy_moise/status/1011420460612030464
    https://twitter.com/DiabetesMine/status/1011400346441220096
    https://twitter.com/JDRF/status/1011399303665995776
    https://twitter.com/nbdiabetes/status/1011640607259930625
These two guys (and many others) report dropping A1c, but no one calls them a cure:
    https://twitter.com/snp_io/status/1010616966523088896
    https://twitter.com/Fallabel/status/1011280750967246848

Interesting to me:
Open Data Tools for Software Nerds: https://twitter.com/stales/status/1010599135576231936
I found the next tweet interesting because Cure was in title, but treatment in contents.  To me that shows a problem with "cure" research.  Much of it is not really aimed at a cure:
https://twitter.com/DanielJDrucker/status/1010870015183278080
TEDDY:
    https://twitter.com/cristinatejerap/status/1010586167102922752
    https://twitter.com/ERobertson02/status/1010614817244286976
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Low Carb:
https://twitter.com/DikemanDave/status/1011393166849728512
https://twitter.com/JPMcCarter/status/1011328194115522560
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https://twitter.com/JPMcCarter/status/1011697843260837888
https://ift.tt/2KAnlHO

Atkinson honored (nPOD and much more):
https://twitter.com/_HealthMyself/status/1011262077191716864
https://twitter.com/HIRN_CC/status/1011255219202633728

The "Most Obvious Research Conclusion Award"
https://twitter.com/DrKirstieBell/status/1010881942974291968

Joshua Levy 
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All the views expressed here are those of Joshua Levy, and nothing here is official JDRF, JDCA, or Bigfoot Biomedical news, views, policies or opinions. In my day job, I work in software for Bigfoot Biomedical. My daughter has type-1 diabetes and participates in clinical trials, which might be discussed here. My blog contains a more complete non-conflict of interest statement. Thanks to everyone who helps with the blog.


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