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November 20, 2015November 20, 2015

Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Enter Collaboration on Diabetes Therapy Sotagliflozin

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Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced the start of a new partnership and license agreement for the development and commercialization of sotagliflozin, a novel orally-delivered investigational dual inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporters ... Read more

November 20, 2015

Update on Severe Obesity-Linked Type 2 Diabetes Therapy from Zafgen

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Zafgen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies for obesity and complex metabolic disorders, recently announced a clinical update on its product candidate beloranib. Beloranib is a first-in-class, twice-weekly, subcutaneous ... Read more

November 19, 2015January 5, 2016

Engineered Micro Pancreas Raises Hope for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

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Betalin Therapeutics, an Israeli biotechnology company specializing in diabetes treatments, recently announced the development of a new technology called Engineered Micro Pancreas (EMP) that enables the secretion of significant levels of glucose-regulated insulin ... Read more

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015

Children at Risk for Type 1 Diabetes May Benefit from Early Probiotic Use

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A recent study published in the JAMA Pediatrics journal revealed that exposure to probiotics during the first 27 days in the life of an infant with increased genetic risk for type ... Read more

November 18, 2015

Canadian Diabetes Association Recommends Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

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The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) recently announced the recommendation of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the context of the upcoming federal election. The association believes that this tax might ... Read more

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015

The Good, the Bad and the Worst of Type 1 Diabetes

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It is common in a diabetic’s life to face questions like “do you have the good type of diabetes or the bad one?” To be really honest, these are the types of questions ... Read more

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015

Diabetes Association Says ‘Eat Well, America!’

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Throughout November, the focus is on diabetes, and this year the American Diabetes Association joined with the International Diabetes Federation, an umbrella organization of over 230 national diabetes associations in 170 countries and ... Read more

November 16, 2015

Researchers Show Significant Improvement in Morbid Obese Adolescent Patients Three Years After Bariatric Surgery

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Recently, research teams across the country working to eliminate childhood obesity through the National Institutes of Health’s funded study Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS), released results from a 3 ... Read more

November 13, 2015November 13, 2015

Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Variants Found to Correlate with Disease Risk and Development

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A new research study led by researchers at Oxford and Liverpool Universities identified specific DNA sequence variants that correlate with the individual risk of type 2 diabetes and help explain the ... Read more

November 12, 2015November 12, 2015

Type 2 Diabetes Study of Once-Weekly Insulin Treatment Now Enrolling Patients

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PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies based on biopolymers for metabolic and cardiopulmonary conditions, recently announced the start of a Phase 2a clinical trial to assess the ... Read more