http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Although transplantation of pancreatic islets is an attractive way to treat type 1 diabetes, early islet loss soon after transplantation has limited its clinical use. By studying islet transplantation in a mouse model of diabetes, a team of researchers, at the RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Japan, and Fukuoka University, Japan, has now identified a potential new set of targets to improve the efficiency of pancreatic islet transplantation. http://phys.org/news184308187.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:20:02 EST news184308187 A new method of priming early embryos to form embryonic stem (ES) cells has allowed ES cells to be derived from mice used in diabetes research for the first time. http://phys.org/news183807973.html Biology Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:46:53 EST news183807973 New research that significantly improves our understanding of how insulin interacts with cells in the human body is published today. http://phys.org/news183653036.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:00:07 EST news183653036 The neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) makes cameo appearances throughout the body, but its leading role is as the opening act in the stress response, jump-starting the process along the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that CRF also plays a part in the pancreas, where it increases insulin secretion and promotes the division of the insulin-producing beta cells. http://phys.org/news183380169.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:56:26 EST news183380169 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new evidence review suggests that using a pump to deliver insulin continuously — instead of taking three or more daily injections — might result in better control of blood sugar for people with type 1 diabetes. http://phys.org/news183054129.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:40:01 EST news183054129 High intakes of calories and sodium appear to be associated with the progression of retinal disease among African American patients with diabetes, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. http://phys.org/news182452558.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:20:01 EST news182452558 (PhysOrg.com) -- In an annual supplement to the journal Diabetes Care, published Dec. 29 by the American Diabetes Association, the A1C test is given a prominent role in the 2010 guidelines for diabetes screening, diagnosis and prevention. http://phys.org/news181306439.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:10:05 EST news181306439 Researchers using a DNA analysis tool developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and UCLA have identified genetic markers that could help treat chronic kidney disease among diabetics. http://phys.org/news180191548.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:13:13 EST news180191548 New findings by UT Southwestern researchers suggest that a drug already used to treat autoimmune disorders might also help slow the destruction of insulin-producing cells in patients recently diagnosed with insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes. http://phys.org/news179151446.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:30:07 EST news179151446 According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance. Having abnormal insulin resistance appears to negatively affect heart, blood vessel and exercise function in this population. http://phys.org/news178879228.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:41:46 EST news178879228 As rates of obesity, diabetes, and related disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the US in recent years, scientists are working from many angles to pinpoint the causes and contributing factors involved in this public health crisis. While sedentary lifestyles and diets high in sugar and fat contribute significantly to the rise in diabetes rates, genetic factors may make some people more vulnerable than others to developing diabetes. http://phys.org/news176405410.html Biology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:20:02 EST news176405410 Insoluble dietary fibre, or roughage, not only keeps you regular, say Australian scientists, it also plays a vital role in the immune system, keeping certain diseases at bay. http://phys.org/news175955468.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:32:20 EST news175955468 New evidence is emerging for how important it is for pregnant women to eat good, nutritious food. Expecting mothers who eat vegetables every day seem to have children who are less likely to develop type 1 diabetes, is revealed in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://phys.org/news175867917.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:50:02 EST news175867917 The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) released new data today showing that a staggering 285 million people worldwide have diabetes. The latest figures from the IDF Diabetes Atlas indicate that people in low and middle-income countries (LMCs) are bearing the brunt of the epidemic, and that the disease is affecting far more people of working age than previously believed. http://phys.org/news175257091.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:50:01 EST news175257091 Children who have had an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis, a common complication of diabetes, may have persistent memory problems, according to a new study from researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. http://phys.org/news175177106.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:30:04 EST news175177106 A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has developed a method that dramatically improves the efficiency of creating stem cells from human adult tissue, without the use of embryonic cells. The research makes great strides in addressing a major practical challenge in the development of stem-cell-based medicine. http://phys.org/news175091787.html Biology Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:36:57 EST news175091787 A sophisticated computational algorithm, applied to a large set of gene markers, has achieved greater accuracy than conventional methods in assessing individual risk for type 1 diabetes. http://phys.org/news174284644.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:40:01 EST news174284644 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have discovered how destructive immune cells gain access to insulin-producing cells and help cause diabetes. http://phys.org/news174223628.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:40:01 EST news174223628 One of the biggest mysteries about diabetes is why specialized cells in the pancreas stop secreting insulin, which the body needs in order to store glucose from food. A team from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute has identified a protein that inhibits insulin production in mice - work that offers a new way of understanding, and perhaps of one day treating, both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. http://phys.org/news174138674.html Chemistry Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:52:34 EST news174138674 The latest data from groundbreaking human clinical trials of the effectiveness of continuous glucose monitors (CGM) show that the primary determinant of improvements in achieving better diabetes control is regular use of monitors - six days per week or more - rather than the age of patients, and that benefits continue well past the time when people with type 1 diabetes begin using the devices - including experiencing fewer low blood sugar emergencies. http://phys.org/news171651810.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:08:40 EST news171651810 Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa have discovered what may be an important clue to the cause of type 1 diabetes. Dr. Fraser Scott and his team tested 42 people with type 1 diabetes and found that nearly half had an abnormal immune response to wheat proteins. The study is published in the August 2009 issue of the journal Diabetes. http://phys.org/news169995952.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:06:23 EST news169995952 Found in 30% of all human cancer tumors, the Ras protein literally "drives cells crazy," says Prof. Yoel Kloog, the dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University. Prof. Kloog was the first in the world to develop an effective anti-Ras drug against pancreatic cancer, currently in clinical trials. Now, new research published in the June issue of the European Journal of Pharmacology shows that the drug might be able to slow the progression of diabetes as well. http://phys.org/news169132801.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:30:01 EST news169132801 Scientists at Stanford University have identified a gene that may play a role in the development of type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's insulin-producing cells. Insulin, a hormone produced by cells of the pancreas, helps the body to absorb sugars found in food and to maintain blood sugar at appropriate levels. http://phys.org/news169121256.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:08:15 EST news169121256 In findings that add to the prospects of regenerating insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes, researchers in Europe -- co-funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation -- have shown that insulin-producing beta cells can be derived from non-insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. http://phys.org/news168799882.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:54:39 EST news168799882 Researchers have found a way in mice to convert another type of pancreas cell into the critical insulin-producing beta cells that are lost in those with type I diabetes. The secret ingredient is a single transcription factor, according to the report in the August 7th issue of Cell, a Cell Press journal. http://phys.org/news168788864.html Chemistry Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:10:01 EST news168788864 A marker of the likely course of diabetic nephropathy (DN) has been found. An 18-year study, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is a reliable predictor of cardiovascular complications in DN patients. http://phys.org/news168599850.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:18:20 EST news168599850 Near-normal control of glucose beginning as soon as possible after diagnosis would greatly improve the long-term prognosis of type 1 diabetes, concludes a study published in the July 27, 2009, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, which updates information about the clinical course of type 1 diabetes. The study also found that the outlook for people with longstanding type 1 diabetes has greatly improved in the past 20 years due to a better understanding of the importance of intensive glucose control as well as advances in insulin formulations, insulin delivery, glucose monitoring, and the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors. http://phys.org/news167935748.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:50:01 EST news167935748 Crack open the latest medical textbook to the chapter on type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes, and you'll be hard pressed to find the term "immunology" anywhere. This is because metabolic conditions and immunologic conditions are, with a few exceptions, distant cousins. http://phys.org/news167835602.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:00:42 EST news167835602 (AP) -- A New Zealand biotech company began a trial Thursday that will implant cells from newborn pigs into eight human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes. http://phys.org/news167547270.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:57:39 EST news167547270 Heavy drinking, being 45 to 49 years old, type 1 diabetes or having a preceding infection are associated with more than twice the risk of death in stroke patients 15 to 49 years old, according to a Finnish study. http://phys.org/news166374946.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:16:09 EST news166374946