In the study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found the wearable device was better at managing blood glucose levels than existing standard-of-care methods. Your pancreas is like a little digestive engine, working hard to keep your body fueled and running. Just six inches long, it’s responsible for turning lunch into the energy that...
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New research details the microbial origins of Type 1 diabetes
by University of Oregon Credit: CC0 Public Domain Almost a decade ago, UO graduate student Jennifer Hampton Hill made a fortuitous find: A protein made by gut bacteria that triggered insulin-producing cells to replicate. The protein was an important clue to the biological basis for Type 1 diabetes, an auto-immune disease in which the pancreas...
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Widespread dysregulation of metabolism in type 2 diabetes
by Kerstin Henriksson, Uppsala University Overview of the study and exploration of the proteomics dataset. a) Schematic overview of tissue samples. Doughnut charts show the distribution of CTRL, PD and T2D subjects. The two outer circles show the fraction of subjects belonging to the merged groups of CTRL+PD and PD+T2D. b) Venn diagram that summarizes...
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New bandage for foot ulcers could revolutionize diabetes treatment
by Queen’s University Belfast Credit: Drug Delivery and Translational Research (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s13346-022-01115-8 Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have designed a new bandage treatment, known as a scaffold, to treat diabetic foot ulcers, which is cost-effective while improving patient outcomes. Produced by 3D bioprinting, the scaffolds slowly release antibiotics over a four-week period to effectively treat the...
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Researchers develop non-invasive blood glucose monitoring process
by Kennesaw State University A new non-invasive blood glucose monitoring process is in development. Credit: Kennesaw State University As a child, Maria Valero witnessed her diabetic father prick his finger several times a day to draw blood and check his glucose levels using an electronic monitor. She was concerned about the invasive and painful process...
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Increasing evidence a common virus triggers type 1 diabetes
By Rich Haridy October 02, 2022 Coxsackievirus (above) is one type of the enterovirus genus associated with the development of type 1 diabetes Depositphotos A new systematic review has presented strong evidence the development of type 1 diabetes is linked to infection by enterovirus, a large group of common viruses. The findings build on a...
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Liraglutide Best for Type 2 Diabetes After Metformin
The GLP-1 agonist liraglutide (Victoza, Novo Nordisk) was the overall winner compared with three other diverse agents for treating patients with type 2 diabetes already maintained on metformin. But while liraglutide performed better than insulin glargine, sitagliptin, and glimepiride, the randomized, multicenter study of 5047 patients fell short of being the last word. In part, that’s because the study was devoid of a...
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Researchers test a novel hypothesis to explain the cause of autoimmunity in patients with type 1 diabetes
by Boston University School of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas makes little or no insulin. The details on the events that occur during autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta-cells have been studied extensively yet the mystery of what causes autoimmunity is unknown. In a...
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New study explains the link between diabetes and urinary tract infections
by Karolinska Institutet Huge clumps of E. coli (red) infecting diabetic mouse bladder. Credit: Soumitra Mohanty Lower immunity and recurring infections are common in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show that the immune systems of people with diabetes have lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide psoriasin, which compromises...
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Two popular diabetes drugs outperform others in large clinical trial
by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a large clinical trial that directly compared four drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers found that insulin glargine and liraglutide performed the best of four medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to maintain blood...