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Stem Cell Line Offers Fresh Approach to Diabetes Cure

Posted: Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Australian researchers have developed the country's first diabetes specific stem cell line, a major advance for patients suffering from the chronic disease.

Scientists Reveal New Clues to Origin of Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Scientists have identified events inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells that set the stage for a neonatal form of non-autoimmune Type 1 diabetes, and may play a role in Type 2 diabetes as well.

Beta-Cell Failure Occurs Much Earlier and More Severely than Previously Thought

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010

A new published consensus statement finds that the increasing recognition that beta-cell failure occurs much earlier and severely than commonly believed suggests that regular glycemia screening, early identification of patients at metabolic risk and prompt and aggressive intervention deserves greater emphasis.

Significant Type 2 Diabetes Breakthrough

Posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Amyloid could "directly poison" pancreas cells. Shedding light on how a malfunctioning protein helps trigger Type 2 diabetes could one day offer the chance to halt the damage, say scientists.

Nanoparticle Vaccine Cures Type 1 in Mice

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based "vaccine," researchers were able to successfully cure mice with Type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease.

Possible Groundbreaking Treatment for Diabetes

Posted: Monday, August 09, 2010

A London company may be on the verge of a groundbreaking treatment for diabetes. A mini pancreas pouch could begin human clinical trials within a year.

One Molecule Can Produce Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes

Posted: Monday, August 09, 2010

With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks.

Circadian Clock in Pancreas Linked to Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

For the first time, researchers at Northwestern University have found that there also exists a circadian clock in the pancreas, which regulates the production of insulin, and that a fault in this clock could eventually cause diabetes.

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.

Discovery of Important New Player in Diabetes Onset

Posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010

A research team led by a La Jolla Institute scientist has unmasked a previously unknown cellular player, which is critical to proper insulin secretion.