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Stem Cells Show Potential to Aid Diabetic Wound Healing Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2011

Transplanting human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has been found to "significantly accelerate" wound closure in diabetic mouse models.

"Grow Your Own Transplant" May be Possible for Men with Type 1 Diabetes Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Men with Type 1 diabetes may be able to grow their own insulin-producing cells from their testicular tissue.

Pomegranate Juice Helps Kidney Patients Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010

Researchers in Israel report that there could be some truth to some of the many health claims for pomegranate juice, at least for kidney patients on dialysis.

Some Alcohol Use Reduces Diabetes, Mortality after Kidney Transplant Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010

Kidney transplant recipients who consume moderate amounts of alcohol have lower mortality rates by 44% and lower levels of diabetes than transplant recipients who are abstainers or heavy drinkers, according to new research.

Surgeons Create Functional Artificial Pancreatic Tissue Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010

Surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, are reporting on a whole new strategy for controlling insulin dependent diabetes without daily injections of insulin. The surgeons have bio-engineered a novel matrix that serves as a scaffold for seeding supportive stem cells as well as pancreatic islets.

Cell Therapy Improves Foot Ulcer Healing by 31-40% Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Engineered skin significantly improved healing of diabetic foot ulcers compared with other advanced biologic therapies, according to an analysis of a larger wound care database.

Potential for Diabetes Patients to Create Their Own Insulin Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

Researchers have used a unique collection of pancreas specimens taken from patients who died soon after diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes to show that they respond to the ongoing process of destruction by inducing their islet cells to proliferate.

Insulin Peptide Points to a Solution for Type 1 Diabetes Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have identified the precise protein fragment, or peptide, that can trigger diabetes in mice. The finding, supports an emerging theory about the origins of autoimmunity, and may lead to new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in humans.

New Agent Prolongs Insulin Action Posted: Sunday, May 23, 2010

A research team led by a scientist at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida has developed a molecule that can block the breakdown of insulin in the body. The discovery could lead to new ways of treating diabetes.

Pig Pancreas Works for Type 1's Posted: Sunday, May 16, 2010

Early trial finds technique is safe, improves blood sugar control.

 

 

 

 

 

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