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January 15, 2016February 9, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Seen to Have Common Effect on Brain Enzymes

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Scientists revealed a molecular link between the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, shedding light on an association long thought to exist between the two diseases but poorly understood. In the ... Read more

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes Can See Real Declines By Reducing Sugar in Soft Drinks, Juices

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A new study in the United Kingdom recently published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal suggests that by reducing the sugar content in sweetened drinks, without replacing it with any ... Read more

January 13, 2016January 13, 2016

Xeris Pharmaceuticals Completes $41M Financing to Advance Glucagon Formulations

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Texas-based Xeris Pharmaceuticals, which develops and commercializes novel formulations of injectable drugs for multiple indications including diabetes, recently announced the closing of a Series C financing worth $41 million. The capital will go ... Read more

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016

Pancreatic Cells, Created from Skin Cells in Lab, Found to Produce Insulin

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Scientists have found a way to convert human skin cells into completely functional pancreatic cells able to produce insulin in response to changes in the levels of glucose, and which, when transplanted ... Read more

January 11, 2016January 11, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes May Be Prevented If Weight Loss Happens Before Middle Age

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A new three-decade study led by researchers at St. George’s University of London showed that obese young people can still avoid type 2 diabetes and other complications if they change their ... Read more

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016

Diabetic Kidney Damage Reversed in Mice on Low-dose Cytokine Treatment

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In a new study, researchers investigated the role of a cytokine, IL-17A, in diabetic kidney disease and found that low-dose IL-17A administration prevented or reversed kidney damage in mouse models. ... Read more

January 7, 2016February 9, 2016

Diet-to-Go Develops New Meal Plan for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes

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There is a new option on the market to help people diagnosed with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes manage their eating habits. Diet-to-Go has launched a special calorie-controlled meal plan designed ... Read more

January 6, 2016May 17, 2016

NIH Grants $1.68 Million to Research Into Chronic Pancreatitis and Type 1 Diabetes

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Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) were recently awarded a $1.68 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate improved treatments for chronic pancreatitis, hopefully ... Read more

January 5, 2016January 6, 2016

Adipose Tissue Hormone May Lead To Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

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In a novel research study, a team led by scientists at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health detailed the pre-clinical development of a promising therapeutic for metabolic conditions, including ... Read more

January 4, 2016January 4, 2016

Diabetics’ Sugar Cravings May Have an On-Off Switch

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In a new study using mice models, researchers found that the fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) hormone, produced by the liver, suppresses the urge to consume simple sugars. The research article, ... Read more