New type of diabetes discovered in babies
Advanced DNA sequencing technologies and a new model of stem cell research have enabled an international team to discover a new type of diabetes in babies.
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Endocrine Glands: News and Research on Islets of Langerhans
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Gene linked to beta cell identity loss may explain type 2 diabetes progression
Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) by converting pancreatic cells that normally produce insulin into those that increase ...
Oct 7, 2025
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Garbage-collecting immune cells can protect insulin production in pancreas
Approximately 9.5 million people globally live with type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease where T cells from the body's immune system destroy insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, which are needed to control blood-sugar ...
Oct 2, 2025
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Alpha cells moonlight as secret GLP-1 factories: Hormone shift could transform type 2 diabetes treatment
A new study from Duke University School of Medicine is challenging long-standing views on blood sugar regulation—and pointing to a surprising new ally in the fight against type 2 diabetes.
Sep 19, 2025
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Stem cell research takes a step toward smart blood sugar control in diabetes
Professor Deng Hongkui's team from the Peking University School of Life Sciences has made the first successful differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into fully endocrine-subtype-complete islets. These islets efficiently ...
Aug 29, 2025
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Type 1 diabetes in children can be linked to other types of diabetes in parents
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute) and published in eClinicalMedicine reveals that children of mothers ...
Aug 26, 2025
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Implant treats type 1 diabetes by oxygenating insulin-producing cells
Cornell researchers have developed an implant system that can treat type 1 diabetes by supplying extra oxygen to densely packed insulin-secreting cells, without the need for immunosuppression. The system could also potentially ...
Aug 11, 2025
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Sugar layer on beta cells prevents immune system from causing type 1 diabetes
Scientific breakthroughs in one disease don't always shed light on treating other diseases. But that's been the surprising journey of one Mayo Clinic research team. After identifying a sugar molecule that cancer cells use ...
Aug 2, 2025
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Study finds living in rural environments in first 5 years of life could be a risk factor for developing type 1 diabetes
New research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15–19 September) suggests that living in a rural environment in the first five years ...
Aug 1, 2025
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New findings reveal how β-cell subtypes influence type 2 diabetes development
If it has seemed like more people you know are developing diabetes, you are right. The diabetes epidemic is not called an epidemic for nothing: According to the American Diabetes Association, over 10% of the U.S. population—approximately ...
Jul 29, 2025
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