UNIVERSITY OF TURKU Children who develop type 1 diabetes show epigenetic changes in the cells of their immune system already before the antibodies of the disease are detected in their blood. The findings of two new studies offer new opportunities to identify the children with the genetic risk for developing diabetes very early on. Epigenetic...
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Researchers find out why yogurt lowers the risk of developing diabetes
UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL Québec City, March 15, 2022 – Scientists have known for some years that eating yogurt is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes, but the reasons behind this protective effect were unclear. A study published today in Nature Communications by researchers at Université Laval and Danone Nutricia Research reveals that this protection could come partly from...
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New discovery could lead to fewer side effects from diabetes treatment
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain By uncovering the subtle difference between two varieties of a protein, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania may have discovered how to eliminate the risk of weight gain from a certain type of diabetes medications....
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An obesity treatment for women only?
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: METE CIVELEK, PHD, AND HIS TEAM HAVE MADE A DISCOVERY THAT COULD OPEN THE DOOR TO A NEW TREATMENT FOR OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES IN WOMEN. CREDIT: UVA HEALTH University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential way to battle the health effects of obesity...
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Long-running study leads to potential therapeutic target for people with type 1 diabetes
by Jaqueline Mitchell, Joslin Diabetes Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Nearly two million Americans have type 1 diabetes, a condition in which the body does not produce enough insulin to effectively manage blood sugar, leading to high blood sugar levels, or hyperglycemia. Persistent hyperglycemia puts people with diabetes at increased risk for heart disease, nerve...
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Black adults may be at higher risk of diabetes due to genetic variations and social health determinants
by Anna Jones, University of Alabama at Birmingham 3D-model of DNA. Credit: Michael Ströck/Wikimedia/ GNU Free Documentation License In a recent study published in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers found that, while many African Americans, especially those with a higher African ancestry proportion, have a favorable lipid profile, they are...
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Researchers produce fully functional pancreatic beta cells from stem cells for the first time
by University of Helsinki Beta cells (green) produce the hormone insulin. Credit: Masur / Wikimedia Commons Insulin is a vital hormone produced by pancreatic beta cells. Type 1 diabetes is caused by the destruction of these cells, which results in patients having to replace the lost insulin with multiple daily injections. Insulin secretion can be...
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Boosting function and survival of stem cell-derived pancreatic cells by genetic engineering
by International Society for Stem Cell Research Credit: CC0 Public Domain Recent advances in the transplantation of stem cell-derived insulin-producing beta cells (SC-beta cells) to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D) has generated considerable interest and excitement. A major obstacle to the long-term survival and functioning of SC-beta cells is their vulnerability to stress or attacks...
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Study unravels new disease mechanism for monogenic diabetes
by King’s College London In this image we can appreciate an organoid (cell nuclei are labeled in blue) with scattered beta-cells (green) and somatostatin cells (red) after the researchers performed their differentiation protocol. This system could be used to explore the effect of specific mutations found in diabetes in the development and functionality of beta-cells....
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Newly diagnosed diabetes in COVID-19 patients may be transitory
by Michael Morrison, Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many COVID-19 patients newly diagnosed with diabetes during hospital admission may in fact have a temporary form of the disease related to the acute stress of the viral infection and may return to normal blood sugar levels soon after discharge, a study by Massachusetts General...