Diabetes
Researchers discover process that may explain how type 2 diabetes develops
A new study helps to explain the mechanism by which pancreatic cells secrete high levels of insulin during the early stages of diabetes.
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Oncology & Cancer
Tropical flower offers potential new route for treating pancreatic cancer
An international team of scientists led by the University of Bath have made drug-like molecules inspired by a chemical found in a tropical flower, that they hope could in the future help to treat deadly pancreatic cancer.
Dec 11, 2019
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Diabetes
Weaponizing stem cells in the war on diabetes
There's no sugar coating it—diabetes is shaping up to become one of the greatest health challenges in modern times. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in eleven individuals suffers from diabetes, and ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New clues to the link between ALS and type 2 diabetes
Patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often suffer from type 2 diabetes. This phenomenon has long remained mechanistically enigmatic. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a molecular ...
Dec 9, 2019
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Medical research
A common insulin signaling pathway across cancer and diabetes
An oncology researcher has made an unexpected contribution to the understanding of type 2 diabetes. In results published in Science Advances, Patrick Hu, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical ...
Dec 4, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New treatment triggers self-destruction of pancreatic cancer cells
Pancreatic cancer is resistant to all current treatments. Patients have extremely poor chances of surviving for five years after being diagnosed.
Dec 2, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers take first steps toward a vaccine for pancreatic cancer
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Zhengzhou University have developed a personalized vaccine system that could ultimately delay the onset of pancreatic cancer.
Nov 26, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
'Magic bullet' takes aim at pancreatic cancer
Every day, more than 1200 people worldwide are told they have pancreatic cancer. Within 12 months, 80 per cent of them will have succumbed to the disease.
Nov 25, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Detecting cancer in urine
Feeling anxious around needles is common. The NHS estimates that around one in 10 people experience trypanophobia, a fear of medical procedures that involve needles or injections.
Nov 21, 2019
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Diabetes
Engineering research deepens understanding of glucose-insulin interaction
When insulin is secreted from beta cells in the pancreas to control glucose levels in the blood stream, GABA is also released from the cells to calm them so that the cells can prepare for the next pulse of insulin secretion. ...
Nov 20, 2019
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