Medical research

Preventive therapeutic for diabetes shows promise in mouse study

Researchers from the Liston lab, at the Babraham Institute, have recently published details about a preventative therapeutic for diabetes in mice. The team has been able to prevent diabetes in mice by manipulating signaling ...

Medications

Study shows promise of new anti-KRAS drug for pancreatic cancer

A small molecule inhibitor that attacks the difficult to target, cancer-causing gene mutation KRAS, found in nearly 30 percent of all human tumors, successfully shrunk tumors or stopped cancer growth in preclinical models ...

Medical research

Lethal cancer cells buddy up to survive

Tumor cells in the most common pancreatic cancer share nutrients to live and grow. A new discovery by University of California, Irvine biologists and collaborators during a four-year investigation could help lead to better ...

Diabetes

New insights into the mechanisms causing diabetes

Researchers led by Osaka University have now identified a mechanism by which a lack of insulin may be reported back to the pancreatic cells that produce insulin, identifying a potential new therapeutic target for diabetes.

Diabetes

Research unlocks the circuitry of diabetes

Research led by Pamela-Itkin-Ansari, Ph.D., and Randal Kaufman Ph.D., has mapped out a network of biochemical interactions that help special cells in the pancreas called islet cells create insulin, shedding light on the origins ...

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