Investigators from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study presented the latest results from the ongoing study during the Scientific Sessions. TEDDY Co-Chair Marian Rewers, MD, PhD, reviewed research into genetic and clinical markers that indicates that screening for islet autoimmunity in high-risk youth should start in the first two years of life. He also reviewed data on potential environmental triggers of islet autoimmunity, including viral infections and the gut microbiome.
ICYMI: TEDDY study yields insight into potential type 1 diabetes triggers, protective influences
