Diabetes
Testosterone replacement makes Type 2 diabetic men more sensitive to insulin
Men with Type 2 diabetes who have low testosterone levels can benefit significantly from testosterone treatment.
Nov 30, 2015
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News tagged with insulin signaling
Medical research
Lipids, not calories, trigger a strong insulin response
Insulin is a reaction to what we eat: Especially food with plenty of carbohy-drates rises the blood sugar level, and as a consequence, more of the sugar-lowering hormone Insulin is produced and secreted. Like that, the Insulin ...
Oct 27, 2014
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Neuroscience
Age no obstacle to nerve cell regeneration, researchers find
In aging worms at least, it is insulin, not Father Time, that inhibits a motor neuron's ability to repair itself—a finding that suggests declines in nervous system health may not be inevitable.
Jan 17, 2014
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Medical research
Moving cells with light holds medical promise
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown they can coax cells to move toward a beam of light. The feat is a first step toward manipulating cells to control insulin secretion or heart rate ...
Apr 8, 2013
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Medical research
Scientists discover key pathway for development of insulin-producing cells
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecular signaling pathway that drives the growth and maturation of young human beta cells — the insulin-producing cell ...
Jul 17, 2012
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Diabetes
A new pathway to the regeneration of insulin could mean a major breakthrough in diabetes treatment
A world-first study by Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia has discovered a pathway to the regeneration of insulin in pancreatic stem cells, a major breakthrough toward new therapies to treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Jul 22, 2022
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Medical research
Insulin tracked through cell using new method combining database, experimental results
High or low concentrations of insulin activate different cell signaling pathways, according to a new scientific method that combines data from multiple databases and large-scale lab experiments. This ongoing research project ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First-ever transgenic ticks to help fight tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease
Monika Gulia-Nuss, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, is working on generating transgenic ticks in her lab, the first of their kind, in order to ...
Feb 28, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers find pathological signs of Alzheimer's in dolphins, whose brains are much like humans'
A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the U.S. recently reported the discovery of pathological signs of Alzheimer's disease in dolphins, animals whose brains are similar in many ways to those of humans.
Nov 14, 2017
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Diabetes
Alzheimer's disease found to be a diabetic disorder of the brain
Researchers at Tohoku University have found a promising treatment for Alzheimer's disease, by noticing a similarity in the way insulin signaling works in the brain and in the pancreas of diabetic patients.
Nov 9, 2016
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