Diabetes is the inability to produce insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels, due to damaged or non-existing insulin cells. Many diabetes patients take insulin supplements to regulate these levels.
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People who are less likely to put on excess fat around their hips due to their genes are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes and heart attacks, according to a new study led by scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) ...
Dec 28, 2018
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Evidence that type 2 diabetes is a cause of erectile dysfunction has been found in a largescale genomic analysis.
Dec 20, 2018
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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a novel combination of two classes of drugs that induces the highest rate of proliferation ever observed in adult human beta cells—the cells in ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Researchers have found that incidence of heart failure was around two-fold higher in people with diabetes.
Dec 11, 2018
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Scientists have discovered the signals that determine the fate of immature cells in the pancreas. The research shows that they are very mobile and that their destiny is strongly influenced by their immediate environment. ...
Nov 28, 2018
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Some genetic variations linked with obesity actually protect against Type 2 diabetes, heart attack and stroke, new findings suggest.
Nov 2, 2018
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Inspired by some of the effects from winter swimming and smoking, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, among others, have found a way to improve the metabolism of mice and make them lose weight. They have done so ...
Oct 25, 2018
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Canadian and British researchers have discovered how the frontline Type 2 diabetes drug metformin may work to help cells better take up and use glucose. Their study, published today in the prestigious journal Cell, may also ...
Oct 24, 2018
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An international collaboration co-led by researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has made a discovery that could make therapeutic insulins more effective by better mimicking the way insulin works in the body. The ...
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