Posts by: Ines Martins, PhD

Ines Martins, PhD

Inês Martins holds a BSc in Cell and Molecular Biology from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and is currently finishing her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at Universidade de Lisboa. Her work has been focused on blood vessels and their role in both hematopoiesis and cancer development.

August 16, 2016September 6, 2016

Twin Study: Obesity Increases Risk of Diabetes But Not Heart Attack

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Obesity has a greater impact on the risk for diabetes among twins than on the risk for heart disease or death, according to a new study,”Risks of Myocardial Infarction, Death, ... Read more

July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Cells Can Be Reprogrammed into Embryonic-like Cells, Researchers Find

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Researchers at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts have reprogrammed non-healing skin cells from diabetic foot ulcers into pluripotent stem cells. ... Read more

June 29, 2016June 29, 2016

Researchers Find Type 2 Diabetes Associated with High Glucose Levels and Larger Waist Size

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People with a larger waist circumference and higher glucose levels — but not those with abnormal plasma triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL, the good cholesterol), or blood pressure levels — have ... Read more

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016

Manufactured Stem Cells Might Boost Development of New Diabetes Therapies

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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be generated from adult cells. Because iPSCs have the potential to develop into any cell type in the human body, they hold an enormous therapeutic potential in a ... Read more

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016

Positive Data for Glytec’s Glucommander Presented to American Diabetes Association

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Glytec, together with collaborators, presented five abstracts at the American Diabetes Association (ADA)’s 76th Scientific Sessions June 10-14 in New Orleans that focused on diabetes care, particularly in the way Glucommander software helps ... Read more

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016

Alterations to Epigenome May Lead to Diabetes in Obese People, Researchers Say

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Excess weight is an established risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, yet many obese people don’t develop the condition. Now, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the Institute of ... Read more

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016

Weight-Loss Surgery Strongly Suggested Against Certain Type 2 Diabetes

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Gastrointestinal surgeries designed to promote weight loss have been shown to improve glucose homeostasis in patients with type 2 diabetes more efficiently than the standard therapeutic approaches, leading to long-term remission ... Read more

May 20, 2016September 6, 2016

Diabetes, Obesity, Heart Disease May be Reduced with Combination of Two Fruit Compounds

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Pharmaceutical doses of two compounds found in oranges and red grapes may improve the heath of diabetic patients and decrease obesity and heart disease, according to the study “Improved glycemic ... Read more

April 29, 2016April 29, 2016

vTv Therapeutics Presents Clinical Data on a Promising Type 2 Diabetes Treatment with Few Side Effects

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vTv Therapeutics released promising clinical trial data on two orally administered potential treatments for type 2 diabetes, including one that showed significantly reduced side effects. The data were given in oral ... Read more