http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New Zealand research revealing a new mechanism for how glucose stimulates insulin secretion may provide a new explanation for how a gene that makes people more susceptible to diabetes – called TCF7L2 – actually contributes to the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-mechanism-insulin-secretion-genetic-susceptibility.html Diabetes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:50:26 EST news279179354 Tumour cells need far more nutrients than normal cells and these nutrients cannot get into the malignant cells without transporters. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientist-cancer-therapy.html Cancer Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:52:58 EST news278236367 Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have identified a compound that could interrupt the chain of events that cause damage to the retina in diabetic retinopathy. The finding is significant because it could lead to a novel therapy that targets two mechanisms at the root of the disease: inflammation and the weakening of the blood barrier that protects the retina. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-therapy-retina-diabetic-eye-diseases.html Medical research Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:49:04 EST news262619337