News tagged with juvenile diabetes
Potential diabetes breakthrough: Researchers discover new hormone spurring beta cell production
Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have discovered a hormone that holds promise for a dramatically more effective treatment of type 2 diabetes, a metabolic illness afflicting an estimated ...
Medical research
Apr 25, 2013 |
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Recovering 'bodyguard' cells in pancreas may restore insulin production in diabetics
The key to restoring production of insulin in type I diabetic patients, previously known as juvenile diabetes, may be in recovering the population of protective cells known T regulatory cells in the lymph nodes at the "gates" ...
Immunology
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Study finds new molecular pathways involved with autoimmune diseases, potential implications for therapies
Teamwork between a pair of transcription factors may be responsible for regulating the functioning of Th17 cells, which when found in excessive amounts are believed to play a major role in many autoimmune ...
Immunology
Sep 28, 2012 |
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Confusion over diabetes types adds to patients' woes
(HealthDay)—Given that about one in 12 Americans has diabetes, chances are good you know someone with some form of the disease. But you may be less informed about the different types of diabetes and their ...
Diabetes
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Treatment target for diabetes, Wolfram syndrome
Inflammation and cell stress play important roles in the death of insulin-secreting cells and are major factors in diabetes. Cell stress also plays a role in Wolfram syndrome, a rare, genetic disorder that ...
Inflammatory disorders
Aug 07, 2012 |
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Experimental diabetes drugs offer patients hope
Some experimental diabetes treatments in late testing offer patients hope of better controlling their blood sugar and weight and preventing dangerously low blood sugar, all big challenges for millions of diabetics.
Diabetes
Jun 11, 2012 |
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