Category: Diabetes Research News
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‘Smart’ Insulin May Ease Burden of Type 1 Diabetes Patients, Research Suggests
Diabetes patients could be spared the burden of constantly monitoring blood sugar levels after scientists have developed…
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Change in Gut Bacteria May Precede Type 1 Diabetes in Kids
THURSDAY, Feb. 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) — In some young children who develop type 1 diabetes, a change in normal stomach…
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Stanford Researchers Discover Insulin-Decreasing Hormone in Flies, Humans
An insulin-regulating hormone that, until now, only had been postulated to exist has been identified by researchers…
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A Simple Method to Monitor β Cell Death in Individuals At-Risk for Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is characterized by death and reduced function of β cells, which produce insulin. The presence of specific…
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Inhaled Insulin Powder Now Available in Pharmacies
PARIS and VALENCIA, Calif. — Afrezza, an inhaled insulin powder, is now available by prescription in U.S. retail pharmacies, Sanofi…
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Steering Stem Cell Trafficking Into Pancreas Reverses Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers develop ‘GPS’ method to guide mesenchymal stem cells to inflammatory sites. Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham…
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Islet Cell Transplantation After Pancreas Removal May Help Preserve Normal Blood Sugar
Surgery to remove all or part of the pancreas and then transplant a patient’s own insulin-producing islet cells appears to be a safe…
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Detection of Enterovirus Infection in Insulin Producing Cells in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes
Norwegian scientists with European partners have found evidence for the presence of Enterovirus in pancreatic islets…
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Novel Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Shown to Work on Human Beta Cells Transplanted Into Mice
A chemical produced in the pancreas that prevented and even reversed type 1 diabetes in mice had the same effect on…
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Type 1 Diabetes Increasing As Medical Teams Shrink
Before heading off to swim practice, Brian Lybeck of Avon tests his blood glucose level, which will tell him how much…
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Dr. Donald F. Steiner, Diabetes Researcher, Dies at 84
Dr. Donald F. Steiner, a researcher whose discoveries transformed scientists’ understanding of insulin and other hormones and…
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Beta-O2 Testing Cure For Type 1 Diabetes
Imagine if those with type 1 diabetes no longer had to worry about insulin injections. Posted By Abigail Klein Leichman…