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An international team of scientists has found a way to regenerate kidneys damaged by disease, restoring function and preventing kidney failure. The discovery could drastically improve treatments for complications stemming from diabetes and other diseas… Continue reading Scientists regenerate kidneys to reverse diabetes damage in mice
Researchers studying new methods for improving blood sugar control in type 2 diabetes have discovered an old class of antipsychotic drugs may offer clues to a novel kind of treatment for hyperglycemia. While the researchers propose the old drugs could … Continue reading Old antipsychotic drugs offer clues to new class of diabetes treatment
In an ideal world, managing diabetes wouldn’t involve insulin injections but would be as simple as popping a pill. Now a team of scientists has demonstrated an oral tablet that’s self-propelled by chemical “micromotors” to deliver insulin in the colon … Continue reading Oral pill delivers insulin directly through “chemical micromotors”
An ongoing study led by researchers at Cedars-Sinai is investigating the relationship between our gut microbiome and the development of type 2 diabetes. Early data from the study indicates bacteria producing a specific fatty acid can be linked to healt… Continue reading New findings link gut bacteria with diabetes risk, but questions remain
While islet cell transplants allow some diabetics to forgo daily insulin injections, those people have to take immunosuppressive drugs in order to keep the cells from being rejected. A new implant, however, could administer the drugs for them – in much… Continue reading Subdermal implant could boost islet cell therapy for diabetics
A common diabetes drug has been linked to a reduction in the need for joint replacement surgery. The observational study suggests the drug could be helpful for patients with osteoarthritis, although further clinical work is needed to validate the assoc… Continue reading Common diabetes drug may help osteoarthritic joints
Regular insulin injections to keep blood-sugar levels in check are a harsh reality for many sufferers of diabetes, but ongoing progress towards oral alternatives offer cause for optimism. Scientists in Australia have opened up some new possibilities in… Continue reading Molecule that mimics insulin opens new doors for a diabetes pill
Chronic diabetic skin wounds are notoriously slow to heal, sometimes becoming so infected that amputations are required. A newly identified polymer could help keep that from happening, by radically boosting the healing process.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Newly identified polymer greatly boosts the healing of diabetic wounds
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes. A recent trial has shown that the drug, named teplizumab, can give patients several extra disease-free years.Continue ReadingCategory: Me… Continue reading First drug that delays onset of type 1 diabetes approved by FDA
A team of researchers from the University of Oxford has shed light on the mystery of exactly how high blood glucose leads to type 2 diabetes. The discovery reveals glucose metabolites can damage pancreatic beta cells leading to the progression of type … Continue reading Oxford scientists discover key cause of type 2 diabetes