News tagged with proinsulin
Protein critical for insulin secretion may be contributor to diabetes
A cellular protein from a family involved in several human diseases is crucial for the proper production and release of insulin, new research has found, suggesting that the protein might play a role in diabetes.
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Early research reveals new clues to origin of diabetes
University of Michigan scientists have identified events inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells that set the stage for a neonatal form of non-autoimmune type 1 diabetes, and may play a role in type 2 diabetes as well. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Study shows potential for using algae to produce human therapeutic proteins
Pharmaceutical companies could substantially reduce the expense of costly treatments for cancer and other diseases produced from mammalian or bacterial cells by growing these human therapeutic proteins in ...
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Can diet alone control type 2 diabetes? No evidence yet
Despite strong evidence that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or at least delayed by a combination of lifestyle changes and good dietary advice, a team of Cochrane Researchers found that there is no indication whether dietary ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 16, 2008 |
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Botched production of insulin molecule may lead to diabetes
Picture a pretzel factory production line, with conveyer belts carrying the dough, formed into unbaked pretzels, down to the oven to be cooked.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Research yields new insights into the cause of diabetes
The cause of insulin-dependent, permanent, diabetes in newborn babies may be a deficiency in the enzyme Pancreatic Endoplasmic Reticulum Kinase (PERK) during a critical period of development before birth, according ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Immune responses spread from one protein to another in type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) occurs when the immune system inappropriately attacks cells in the pancreas. Although many of the proteins attacked during T1D have been identified, it has not been determined whether immune responses ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2006 |
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