Diabetes
Do germs cause type 1 diabetes?
Germs could play a role in the development of type 1 diabetes by triggering the body's immune system to destroy the cells that produce insulin, new research suggests.
May 16, 2016
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News tagged with beta cells
Medical research
Unexpected viral behavior linked to type 1 diabetes in high-risk children
New results from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study show an association between prolonged enterovirus infection and the development of autoimmunity to the insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells ...
Dec 2, 2019
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Diabetes
REGARDS data show diabetics who use verapamil have lower glucose levels
A new University of Alabama at Birmingham research paper published in the journal Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice shows for the first time that there is an association of verapamil use and lower fasting glucose levels ...
Feb 15, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer's disease development identified
Scientists from the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences have discovered how to forestall Alzheimer's disease in a laboratory setting, a finding that could one day help in devising targeted drugs ...
Aug 21, 2019
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Diabetes
Researchers find a potential target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Currently, there are more than 350 million type 2 diabetics and according to the World Health Organization (WHO) by 2030 it will be the 7th leading cause of death worldwide.
Jun 18, 2015
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Diabetes
Team of diabetic researchers zeroing in on pathways that activate insulin-producing cells
Professor Jeffery Tessem has pinpointed a gene that may help solve a riddle at the root of diabetes, the high-blood-sugar disease affecting 400 million people worldwide.
May 28, 2015
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Diabetes
Study points to alternate therapy for rare form of diabetes
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers say an unexpected finding during the cellular analysis of human pancreatic tissue has revealed new information about a rare type of diabetes and underscores the importance ...
Jan 18, 2019
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Neuroscience
Dementia study reveals how proteins interact to stop brain signals
Fresh insights into damaging proteins that build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease could aid the quest for treatments.
Dec 10, 2019
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Diabetes
Earlier intervention for type 1 diabetes sought with new staging classification
For many people, a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes occurs late in the development of the disease, even at the time when they have ended up in the emergency room with life-threatening complications.
Mar 7, 2016
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Genetics
Research reveals insulin-producing beta cells may change function in diabetes
A revolutionary new study using only materials derived from humans has revealed that insulin-producing beta cells can change their function in diabetes—and that this change may be reversible.
May 17, 2019
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