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New Target for Preventing Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

The study of the role of an enzyme called 12-Lipoxygenase (12-LO), may find the answer to preventing the destruction of the beta-cells and could be a vital step in preventing Type 1 diabetes.

MRI Can Evaluate Beta-Cell Mass

Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Noninvasive imaging (MRI) may aid physicians in the early diagnosis, staging and treatment of diabetes, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

A Step Closer to Regenerating Beta Cells

Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009

US scientists have come a step closer to finding a way to help treat people with diabetes by reactivating their own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. They discovered a hitherto unknown role for a well known protein: it helps immature endocrine systems generate new pancreatic islet cells, which include the insulin-producing beta cells.

Exenatide Improves Beta-Cell Function Compared with Insulin Glargine

Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Over a 1-year period, treatment with exenatide improved beta-cell function significantly more, and led to greater weight loss, than did insulin glargine, in a study of patients with Type 2 diabetes who had previously been treated with metformin.

Why Diabetics Over-Produce Sugar in the Liver

Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2009

Type 2 diabetics often suffer from an over-production of sugar within the liver, a response to falling blood glucose levels. This potentially dangerous mechanism was poorly understood until recently, when researchers uncovered the role that a certain "master regulator" plays in sugar production within the liver.

Scientists Create Potential Preventative Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Scientists believe they may have found a preventative therapy for Type 1 diabetes, by making the body's killer immune cells tolerate the insulin-producing cells they would normally attack and destroy, prior to disease onset.

Discovery of a New Receptor Antagonist Predicts Diabetes 2 Onset

Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Elevated levels of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), a natural inhibitor of interleukin-1 beta, precedes the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

Protein Induces Beta Cell Regeneration to Induce Insulin Production

Posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009

Insulin injections are the primary form of treatment and management for type 1 diabetics, due to an inability to produce normal levels of insulin. Researchers have recently discovered a way to induce insulin production, potentially in type 1 diabetics, through the regeneration of pancreatic beta cells.

New Non-invasive Technology Can View And Track Cells

Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2008

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) isn't just for capturing detailed images of the body's anatomy. Thanks to novel imaging reagents and technology, MRI can be used to visualize with "exquisite" specificity - cell populations of interest in the living body.

Rotavirus Might Accelerate Type 1 Diabetes Development

Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2008

A recent study out of Australia has found a connection between the common childhood infection, rotavirus, and the onset and progression of type 1 diabetes.