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Diabetes Cause Linked to Iron

Posted: Monday, October 01, 2012

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in conjunction with those at Novo Nordisk A/S, have presented a new concept concerning the cause of diabetes which is linked to iron and how it causes beta cell death.

Pre-Diabetes Is Treatable to Prevent Diabetes

Posted: Monday, September 24, 2012

Preservation of beta-cell function is more closely related to long-term prevention of diabetes than is insulin sensitivity.

Faustman's Type 1 Diabetes Cure Raises Debate

Posted: Friday, August 31, 2012

Dr. Denise Faustman's announcement of the results of a small study of a handful of type 1 patients showing the regeneration of beta cells with the use of a TB vaccine that has been available for years is causing a controversy in the medical community.

Diabetes Remission after Gastric Bypass Determined by Beta Cell Function Not Weight Loss

Posted: Saturday, July 21, 2012

Remission of type 2 diabetes in severely obese people after bariatric surgery hinges on baseline beta cell function, not weight loss.

Hormone Discovered That Preserves Insulin Production and Beta Cell Function in Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2012

Duke University Medical Center researchers have found protective, anti-diabetic functions for a hormone that, like insulin, is produced by the islet cells of the pancreas....

Type 1 Develops More Slowly Than Thought

Posted: Monday, February 27, 2012

Study finds gradual decline in insulin production, which could extend treatment options.

Weight Loss Improves Beta Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Beta cell function can improve after just 12 weeks of weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Pig Transplant Boosts Diabetes Hopes

Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2011

A pig's pancreatic islets were transplanted into a diabetic monkey which was then administered a newly developed immune-regulating antibody. As a result, the monkey's blood-sugar level was automatically controlled without any rejection, and has been healthy for the last six months.

Scientists Getting Closer to a Possible Cure for Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2011

Glucose-sensing enzyme holds the key to insulin production, according to breakthrough Israeli research pointing the way towards a possible cure for diabetes.

EASD: Outpatient Test Discriminates MODY from Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2011

A measure of the postprandial ratio of urinary C-peptide to creatinine (UCPCR) can distinguish maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) from type 1 diabetes mellitus, allowing some children who would otherwise be treated with insulin to receive oral antidiabetic agents alone.