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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.

Scientists Alter Pancreatic Cells to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009

By activating one gene, researchers can reprogram cells to produce insulin, according to a study in the journal Cell.

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.

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.

Early Childhood Vitamin D Consumption Could Prevent Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 13, 2008

Five separate studies have uncovered a connection between early childhood Vitamin D consumption and the diminished risk of developing Type 1 diabetes later in life. According to each study, the higher the dose of Vitamin D, the lower the risk of developing the disease.

Transplant Key to A Diabetes Cure, Just Days Away

Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Melbourne scientists claim they are just days from conducting a pioneering therapy that will effectively cure Type-1 diabetes.

Edmonton Islet Transplants Fall Short

Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2006

The hope for a cure fails: Two years after receiving transplants of insulin-producing beta islet cells, only five of 36 patients with type 1 diabetes remained free of the need for insulin injections.

New Test Measures Quantity of Active Beta Cells

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have identified a reliable, non-invasive imaging method that can measure the quantity of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells.

Human Beta-Cell Line Offers Hope for Type 1 Diabetes Breakthrough

Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005

Scientists at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, succeed in creating reversibly immortalized human beta cells, with eye toward establishing universal cells for treatment of type 1 diabetes. Possible unlimited supply of beta cells for transplantation