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Study Points to New Direction for Pancreas Cell Regeneration

Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Past studies in tissue culture have suggested that one type of pancreas cell could be coaxed to transform into insulin-producing islet cells.

Can Tight Glucose Control Increase Mortality in Critically Ill Patients?

Posted: Saturday, April 07, 2007

The study showed that "intensively lowering blood glucose to a target of 81 to 108 mg/dL does not benefit critically ill patients and may well increase their risk of…

Insulin Glargine: Eight Years Later

Posted: Saturday, April 07, 2007

Insulin Glargine has become the most widely used insulin in the USA owing to its long duration of action without a pronounced peak. This introduction of a new form of insulin has made a dramatic effect on the ability of people to control their blood sugars. But is it being used properly? Should it be given once or twice a day?

Pig Islets Successful After 10 Years in Human Without Using Immunosuppression

Posted: Thursday, April 05, 2007

Living Cell Technologies Limited announced it has published evidence outlining the survival and identification of live porcine islet cells and insulin production in a human patient 10 years after receiving a pig islet cell transplant.

Risks OF Tight Glucose Control In ICU Outweigh Benefits

Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007

Intensive care physicians need to "think hard and long" about aiming for tight glycemic control. "We need to be very conservative about starting insulin regimens the minute someone comes into the ICU."

MannKind Corporation Will Submit for FDA Approval for It’s SUPRA Inhaled Insulin

Posted: Thursday, February 08, 2007

It has been described by Jay Skyler, a leading diabetologist, as the first in a new class of diabetic therapies, "Supra-Rapid Acting Insulin’s", that can change the way diabetes is treated.

Insulin Glargine Benefits Uncontrolled Type 2’s on Oral Meds Without Weight Gain

Posted: Thursday, January 18, 2007

Over 2000 type 2 patients lower their A1c 1.7 pts when insulin gargine is added to their oral therapy without weight gain.

Nasal Insulin Expands Trial for Postpranidal Hyperglycemia Indication

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that, following successful review of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application by the FDA, a phase II program is now in effect and under way evaluating Bentley's human recombinant Intranasal Insulin Spray for the treatment of postprandial hyperglycemia in diabetics.

Exubera Slow to Catch On

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

Jury is still out on Exubera. Diabetics are holding their breath, and that may not be good news for the Pfizer, the world's biggest drugmaker. It's been nearly a year since the FDA approved Exubera, the first inhalable form of insulin for diabetics. Some analysts hail the device as a potential blockbuster, but Exubera doesn't appear to have caught on.

Nasal Insulin Spray Moving Forward with Phase 2 Trials

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

Two earlier studies conducted in Ireland with normal subjects and Type I diabetic patients demonstrated rapid absorption from the nasal spray and the expected glucose response.