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Less Insulin In the Brain Key to a Long Life

Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2007

Good, old-fashioned diet and exercise might keep you young by reducing the action of insulin in the brain, researchers reported.

Scientists Working On A New Insulin Pill

Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007

Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past.

Once Weekly Dosing GLP-1 Promotes Beta-Cell Growth

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Preclinical data suggests a long-acting formulation of native, human GLP-1 can promote the growth of insulin producing cells (beta cells) in a type 1 diabetes animal model.

Patients Beat Physicians at Insulin Dose Adjustment

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Type 2 diabetes patients taught to titrate their own insulin detemir (Levemir) dose may equal or exceed the results that physicians achieve, researchers reported.

Study Tests Oral Insulin to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

University of Florida researchers have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in people at risk for the disease.

New Finding Discovers How Embryos Create Beta-Cells

Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

Scientists have discovered a key aspect of how embryos create the cells that secrete insulin.

Is Inhaled Insulin Still Safe After 2 Years?

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007

The safety of inhaled insulin is holding up at 2 years in an ongoing study, with adverse pulmonary effects being small, occurring early, and proving reversible on cessation of the drug.

Argentine Cow Clones to Produce Human Insulin in Milk

Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Argentine scientists have created four cloned and genetically modified calves capable of producing human insulin in their milk. The newborn Jersey heifers -- who the scientists have named Patagonia 1, 2, 3 and 4 -- will start producing the human hormone when they reach adulthood.

Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes Patients More Likely to Start Insulin When Inhaled Insulin Is an Option

Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The availability of inhaled insulin may increase the number of patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes who are willing to start or intensify insulin therapy.

Traditional Insulin Compares Well Against Analogs

Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Newer long-acting insulin analogs are only marginally better at preventing nighttime hypoglycemia than traditional NPH insulin, found investigators here in a systematic review.