Medical research
Cancer drug shows promise for treating stroke
A University of Victoria neuroscientist has discovered that a cancer drug may improve recovery rates for diabetic patients who have suffered a stroke.
Apr 2, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Special microbes make anti-obesity molecule in the gut
Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through normal metabolism, becomes a hunger-suppressing lipid. Mice that drank water laced with the programmed bacteria ...
Mar 22, 2015
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Erectile dysfunction drug relieves nerve damage in diabetic mice
New animal studies at Henry Ford Hospital found that sildenafil, a drug commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction, may be effective in relieving painful and potentially life-threatening nerve damage in men with long-term ...
Mar 17, 2015
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Molecular link between obesity and type 2 diabetes reveals potential therapy
Obesity causes inflammation, which can in turn lead to type 2 diabetes. What isn't well established is how inflammation causes diabetes—or what we can do to stop it. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School ...
Feb 23, 2015
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Diabetes
Obesity and diabetes symptoms in mice improved by reversing brain inflammation
Using an antioxidant to reverse inflammation in the brain caused by a high-fat diet greatly improves symptoms related to obesity and type II diabetes, a new study from New Zealand's University of Otago suggests.
Jan 29, 2015
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New cells may help treat diabetes
Starting from human skin cells, researchers at the University of Iowa have created human insulin-producing cells that respond to glucose and correct blood-sugar levels in diabetic mice. The findings may represent a first ...
Jan 28, 2015
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Team shows why wound healing is impaired in diabetics
One of the most troubling complications of diabetes is its effect on wound healing. Roughly 15 percent of diabetics will suffer from a non-healing wound in their lifetime. In some cases, these open ulcers on the skin lead ...
Jan 26, 2015
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Diabetes
Unexpected turn in diabetes research
Years of diabetes research carried out on mice whose DNA had been altered with a human growth hormone gene is now ripe for reinterpretation after a new study by researchers at KU Leuven confirms that the gene had an unintended ...
Jan 20, 2015
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Genetics
Team finds new genetic and epigenetic contributors to diabetes
An analysis of the genomes and epigenomes of lean and obese mice and humans has turned up a wealth of clues about how genes and the environment conspire to trigger diabetes, Johns Hopkins researchers say. Their findings reveal ...
Jan 6, 2015
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Plant used in traditonal Chinese medicine may treat metabolic diseases and obesity
New research published in the December 2014 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, shows that a component found in in the plant, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, may inhibit the development of metabolic disorders by stopping the ...
Dec 1, 2014
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