TEDDY study
(The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young)
The TEDDY study is an international research project. Clinical centers located in the USA, Finland, and Germany (Munich) participate in the TEDDY study. The primary objective is the identification of environmental factors like infectious agents, dietary factors, or psychosocial factors that predispose to or protect from autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes. Identification of such factors will lead to a better understanding of disease pathogenesis and result in new strategies to prevent, delay, or reverse type 1 diabetes.
The TEDDY Study recruited 8668 newborns. Newborns were eligible if they had risk genes, which predispose to type 1 diabetes. Of those, 593 newborns are from Germany, half of them are from the general population and the other half are from families already affected by type 1 diabetes. All children will be followed until the age of 15 years.
The working group of univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler investigates environmental factors like diet, infections, vaccinations, psychosocial factors and geographical differences. Blood samples are collected at each visit for detection of islet autoantibodies in order to detect type 1 diabetes earlier and to avoid any severe presentation at onset.
Further Informations: www.teddystudy.org
Contact person: Dr. Christiane Winkler
Phone: 0800 / 33 83 339
Email: teddy.germany@lrz.uni-muenchen.de