News tagged with type 1 diabetes
Related topics: diabetes , autoimmune diseases , type 2 diabetes , beta cells , insulin
FDA reviewing safety of Sanofi's Lantus insulin
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it is reviewing data on the safety of Lantus, a synthetic insulin made by Sanofi-Aventis SA.
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Jul 01, 2009 |
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Trio of signals converge to induce liver and pancreas cell development in the embryo
(PhysOrg.com) -- Understanding the molecular signals that guide early cells in the embryo to develop into different organs provides insight into ways that tissues regenerate and how stem cells can be used ...
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Major study highlights weight differences among 3-19 year-olds with type 1 and 2 diabetes
A major study of three to 19 year-olds has provided vital data on the weight problems faced by the growing number of children and young people with type 1 diabetes, which is more prevalent in younger age groups than type ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Stopping diabetes damage with vitamin C
Researchers at the Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center have found a way to stop the damage caused by Type 1 diabetes with the combination of insulin and a common vitamin found in most medicine cabinets.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Youth diabetes in Europe set to explode: study
Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in children aged under five in Europe is set to double by 2020 over 2005 levels while cases among the under-15s will rise by 70 percent, according to a study published on Thursday.
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May 28, 2009 |
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Potential preventative therapy for Type 1 diabetes
Scientists believe they may have found a preventative therapy for Type 1 diabetes, by making the body's killer immune cells tolerate the insulin-producing cells they would normally attack and destroy, prior to disease onset.
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Apr 29, 2009 |
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A major breakthrough in generating safer, therapeutic stem cells from adult cells
The new technique solves one of the most challenging safety hurdles associated with personalized stem cell-based medicine because for the first time it enables scientists to make stem cells in the laboratory from adult cells ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Human stem cells promote healing of diabetic ulcers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Treatment of chronic wounds is a continuing clinical problem and socio-economic burden with diabetic foot ulcers alone costing the NHS £300 million a year. Scientists in Bristol have found ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Stem cell transplantation helps patients with diabetes become insulin free
The majority of patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent a certain type of stem cell transplantation became insulin free, several for more than three years, with good glycemic control, and also increased C-peptide levels, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Use of pancreatic islets show promise in diabetes research, treatments
The use of pancreatic islets (hormone-producing cells) is increasing in diabetes research and may play an important role in future treatments, according to an article in the April 15 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on diabet ...
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Apr 14, 2009 |
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Severe hypoglycemia linked with higher risk of dementia for older adults with diabetes
Having hypoglycemic (low blood sugar level) episodes that are severe enough to require hospitalization are associated with a greater risk of dementia for older adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the April ...
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Apr 14, 2009 |
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Device protects transplanted pancreatic cells from the immune system
Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) School of Medicine have demonstrated in mice that transplanted pancreatic precursor cells are protected ...
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Apr 09, 2009 |
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Study pinpoints role of insulin on glucagon levels
April 7, 2009 - Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown for the first time that insulin plays a key role in suppressing levels of glucagon, a hormone involved in carbohydrate metabolism and regulating blood glucose ...
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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Long-acting insulin analogues in type 2 diabetes: advantage over human insulin not proven
It has so far not been proven that long-acting insulin analogues (LAIAs) have an advantage over conventional human insulin in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. Even though the results of a 5-year study are available ...
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Apr 03, 2009 |
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Journal retracts diabetes study published in 2000
(AP) -- A scientific journal is retracting a research paper published more than eight years ago that reported a gene therapy treatment had led to remission of Type 1 diabetes in rats and mice.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2009 |
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