Diabetes
Scientists report transplant advance for type 1 diabetes
(HealthDay)—Using a specially designed chamber, an international research team has transplanted islet cells into a patient with type 1 diabetes.
Oct 28, 2013
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Diabetes
Insulin 'still produced' in most people with type 1 diabetes
New technology has enabled scientists to prove that most people with type 1 diabetes have active beta cells, the specialised insulin-making cells found in the pancreas. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body's immune system ...
Oct 9, 2013
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New islet cell transplant procedure offers improved outcomes for patients with type 1 diabetes
The latest approach to islet transplantation, in which clusters of insulin-producing cells known as islets are transplanted from a donor pancreas into another person's liver, has produced substantially improved results for ...
Sep 19, 2013
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Diabetes
More than just type 1 or type 2: DiMelli study points to different forms of diabetes
The DiMelli (Diabetes Mellitus Incidence Cohort Registry) study examines the frequency and characteristics of diabetes phenotypes in children and young adults below the age of 20. The study was commissioned to investigate ...
Sep 12, 2013
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T-cell targeted therapy tested in type 1 diabetes study
Results from the START clinical study (Study of Thymoglobulin to Arrest Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes), led by Dr. Steve Gitelman (University of California, San Francisco) and sponsored by the Immune Tolerance Network (ITN), ...
Aug 27, 2013
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Diabetes
Key protein accelerates diabetes in two ways
The same protein tells beta cells in the pancreas to stop making insulin and then to self-destruct as diabetes worsens, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study published online today in the journal ...
Aug 26, 2013
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Diabetes
Could dietary tweaks ease type 1 diabetes?
(HealthDay)—Eating foods that contain certain nutrients may help people with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes continue producing some insulin for as long as two years, a new study finds.
Aug 2, 2013
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Diabetes
Insulin differs between ethnicities, study finds
People have differing abilities to release and react to insulin depending on ethnicity, according to a new study from researchers at Lund University in Sweden, Stanford University and Kitasato University.
Jun 27, 2013
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Medical research
DNA 'reverse' vaccine reduces levels of immune cells believed responsible for Type 1 diabetes
A clinical trial of a vaccine, led by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers and designed to combat type-1 diabetes, has delivered initially promising results, suggesting that it may selectively counter the errant ...
Jun 26, 2013
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Dietary supplement linked to increased muscle mass in the elderly
A supplemental beverage used to treat muscle-wasting may help boost muscle mass among the elderly, according to a new study. The results were presented today at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Jun 17, 2013
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