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Pig Pancreas Works for Type 1's

Posted: Sunday, May 16, 2010

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

Cells in Pancreas Can Spontaneously Change into Insulin-Producing Cells

Posted: Sunday, April 18, 2010

Alpha cells in the pancreas, which do not produce insulin, can convert into insulin-producing beta cells, advancing the prospect of regenerating beta cells as a cure for Type 1 diabetes.

Nanoparticle Vaccine Used to Cure Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, April 18, 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.

Leptin Therapy Shows Promise for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, April 04, 2010

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers report that using leptin alone in place of standard insulin therapy shows promise in abating symptoms of Type 1 diabetes...

Unseen Part of the Insulin Receptor Identified

Posted: Sunday, April 04, 2010

Dr. Mike Lawrence from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Melbourne, Australia) has determined the structure of a previously unseen part of the insulin receptor, making possible new treatments for diabetes...

Study Finds Insulin Regulates Beta Cell Function in Healthy Humans

Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010

Finding by Joslin scientists may aid in understanding how insulin production eventually goes wrong in Type 2 diabetes.

Key to Reversing Type 1 Diabetes Discovered

Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

Doctors at Eastern Virginia Medical School's Strelitz Diabetes Center have been stalking the culprit responsible for Type 1 diabetes. Now, they are one step closer.

Protein New Target for Obesity, Diabetes Therapies

Posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010

Molecule regulates flip of a metabolic switch. A little bit of stress might be just what the doctor ordered to combat obesity and diabetes.

Joslin Identifies Source of Beta Cell Damage

Posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010

Scientists at the Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, led by Principal Investigator Robert Stanton, M.D., have discovered that high blood glucose levels damage a key enzyme that guards insulin-producing beta cells. Their surprising finding raises hopes of finding drugs that protect the enzyme, and thus the beta cells and their insulin production. The discovery focuses on a cellular process known as "oxidative stress."

Andrew P. Mandell - Mr. Diabetes® to Sit On ProtoKinetix Advisory Board

Posted: Friday, January 15, 2010

Andrew P. Mandell - Mr. Diabetes®, Executive Director of Defeat Diabetes Foundation and diabetes advocate announced today that he will be sitting on the ProtoKinetix (PKTX) Advisory Board. ProtoKinetix, Inc. is a biotechnology company that has developed and patented a family of synthetic anti-aging glycoproteins (AAGP™) for medicine and the biotechnology and cosmetic industries.