Meet Luke: Puffs of dust swirl in a path around the barn. The chickens stir, ducks wobble forward, sheep bleat, and the pony snorts in response to a soft whoosh of air. It’s 8-year-old TrialNet hero Luke running at hyper speed to complete his chores before the start of the school day.

Adam Brooks, pictured here with his family, was diagnosed with T1D in 2018.

Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Orlando Brown, Jr.

Dylan Fisher was 27 and training for a marathon in 2019 when a routine physical led to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. “The diagnosis just felt off,” he said.  

If you live in the San Francisco Bay area, you might see Lindsay Tyson cruising around town on her green Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle. Or you could catch her doing flying trapeze at the circus school, where she teaches in her spare time.  

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When you take part in TrialNet type 1 diabetes (T1D) risk screening, a few drops of blood can make a big difference. In addition to learning your risk for developing T1D—often years before symptoms appear—you’re joining the TrialNet #T1Dfamily, the world’s largest clinical trial network ever assembled to change the course of T1D.

With landmark results recently announced, the Teplizumab Prevention Study is making headlines across the country. Here, Tracy Olsten shares why her daughter Mikayla decided to join the study.