Breakthrough T1D Play raises money to fight Type 1 Diabetes.
Breakthrough T1D Play raises money to fight Type 1 Diabetes.
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Breakthrough T1D Play has raised $5M for diabetes research

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Breakthrough T1D Play program is a medical research charity raising money for critical research into diabetes, one of the biggest causes of death in the U.S.

And this week, gaming pioneer Will Wright helped raise money for the group, said Wright and said Josh Larson, national director of Breakthrough T1D Play, in interviews with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.