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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.

Evolution the Cause for Greater Risk for Type 1 Diabetes?

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Gene variants associated with an increased risk for Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers. As a result, the human race may have been evolving in the recent past to be more susceptible, rather than less, to some complex diseases.

Shorter (5-mm) Needles Deliver Insulin Reliably

Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010

New research has found that 5-mm needles effectively deliver insulin into subcutaneous fat in both adults and children. Compared with intramuscular injections of insulin, injections into the subcutaneous fat are associated with less variability in glycemic control as well as a lower risk for hypoglycemia.

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.

Insulin Peptide Points to a Solution for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have identified the precise protein fragment, or peptide, that can trigger diabetes in mice.

The finding, supports an emerging theory about the origins of autoimmunity, and may lead to new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in humans.

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.

Insulin Pills Finally in Clinical Trials

Posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010

After years of research and anticipation, insulin pills that could make it easier for millions of patients worldwide to manage their diabetes are moving ahead in clinical trials.

Diabetes Costs More than $218 Billion and Expected to Rise

Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010

According to Timothy M. Dall of the Lewin Group in Falls Church, Va., the annual average cost per patient was $9,975 for diagnosed diabetes and $2,864 for undiagnosed disease, "The burden of diabetes to society is even higher when one considers intangible costs from reduced quality of life," the researchers wrote online in Health Affairs.

How Genetic Mutations May Cause Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Scientists have provided an answer to the 40-year-old mystery of how certain genetic mutations lead to Type 1 diabetes. This new molecular understanding could lead to novel therapies for Type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.

Experimental Artificial Pancreas Succeeds with Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2010

In the first clinical trial of a system using two hormones, an artificial pancreas delivered insulin and glucagon in a way that closely mimics the body's control of blood sugar and maintained near-normal levels of glucose in a small group of Type 1 diabetes patients without them developing hypoglycemia.