{
  "id": 11507676,
  "title": "Study across 8 European countries demonstrates feasibility of screening children for type 1 diabetes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/study-across-8-european-countries-demonstrates-feasibility-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-02T19:20:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-european-countries-feasibility-screening-children.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A major study across eight European countries has demonstrated the practicality of conducting screenings for type 1 diabetes in children. Conducted by the EDENT1FI consortium, including experts Dr. Peter Achenbach and Professor Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, the research was presented at the annual European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Milan, Italy. The study recommends implementing three screening windows: ages 2-4, 6-8, and 10-15, to detect presymptomatic stages of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Early detection is crucial as it enables preventive and disease-modifying strategies, such as teplizumab, which are already available or in development. The EDENT1FI initiative, coordinated by Professor Chantal Mathieu and Professor Ziegler, used a common protocol to screen for islet autoantibodies across participating centers in eight countries. The study found that 219 out of 140,568 children screened (0.32%, or about 1 in 350) had early-stage T1D, with prevalence ranging from 0.22% in Germany to 0.47% in Sweden. No cases were detected in Italian children with a first-degree relative with T1D. The research supports the feasibility of population screening for T1D across various health systems, paving the way for standard medical care integration and further research.",
  "summary": "New research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept. 28–Oct. 2), reports on pilot screening programs for type 1 diabetes in eight countries. The authors—a consortium including Dr. Peter Achenbach and professor Anette-Gabriele Ziegler from the Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany—say that…",
  "key_points": [
    "Study conducted by EDENT1FI consortium across eight European countries",
    "Recommended three screening windows for type 1 diabetes detection",
    "0.32% of screened children had early-stage type 1 diabetes"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}