# Interesting study

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-study/15401>\
**Category:** T1 Research\
**Tags:** dka\
**Created:** [August 5, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-study/15401 "2025-08-05T03:07:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-study/15401/1 "2025-08-05T03:07:09Z")

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> **[Brain might become target of new type 1 diabetes treatments](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-brain-diabetes-treatments.html)**
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> More than a decade ago, researchers found that an acute complication of type 1 diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), can be resolved with the hormone leptin, even in the absence of insulin.

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**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tomh/32/9063_2.png) [@TomH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TomH)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-study/15401/2 "2025-08-05T05:53:38Z")

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This would be a fantastic find! I imagine there would/could be side effects and perhaps need to be recurrent applications of leptin, but still a potential game changer! Please post anything about an approved study of how to apply or results of same!