By STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Stanford engineers have developed an injectable hydrogel depot technology that enables GLP-1 drugs to be administered once every four months, compared to repeated daily injections. Credit: Photo courtesy of Andrea Ivana d’Aquino / Stanford University Innovations in Type 2 diabetes treatment have been revolutionized by dietary management drugs, although...
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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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7 Metformin Benefits Beyond Diabetes Treatment
Written by Tracy Norfleet, MD, MBA, FACP | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Updated on August 11, 2022 from Good Rx Key takeaways: Metformin can do much more than treat diabetes. And researchers continue to study and find ways it can help treat other conditions. Metformin can help with weight loss and reduce the...
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New potential diabetes treatment regenerates insulin-producing cells
By Michael Irving June 13, 2022 Researchers in Sweden have uncovered how a molecule could help regenerate insulin-producing cells in the body as a new potential diabetes treatment Depositphotos An emerging way to treat diabetes is to repair or replace the cells in the body that naturally produce insulin. Swedish researchers have now identified a...
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Nanomaterial could enhance diabetes treatment
Conventional treatments for diabetes can increase the risk of neurological problems, an under-researched side effect. U.S. National Science Foundation-supported scientists based at The Ohio State University developed a nanomaterial that binds insulin to a group of amino acids that includes antioxidants. The nanomaterial improved glucose consumption, leading to better brain function. When compared to mice...
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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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Diabetes treatment may protect against COVID-19 mortality
In a new study, the medication metformin significantly reduced the risk of death from COVID-19 in people with diabetes. Share on Pinterest Scott Olson/Getty Images Upon analyzing data from a diverse patient population, the researchers found that individuals who had been taking metformin, a drug for type 2 diabetes, were less likely to die of COVID-19...
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Diabetes Treatment Options After Oral Medications Fail
By Sarah Handzel If you have type 2 diabetes, you probably began your treatment with lifestyle changes and oral medications. For many, these treatments are enough to control blood sugar, also called blood glucose, for several years. However, for other people, these options aren’t always enough. Your blood sugar may still be elevated, even though you’ve...
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Study shows how lixisenatide slows or prevents damage to the kidneys in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease
New research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and published simultaneously in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows how the glucose-lowering drug lixisenatide can slow or prevent damage to the kidneys in macro-albuminuric patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease. The study is...
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Pancreatic islets study may spur diabetes treatment advances
Chunhua Dai, M.D., left, Alena Shostak and colleagues have succeeded in stimulating insulin-producing human beta cells to grow in living tissue, an achievement that could lead to better treatments for diabetes. Investigators in the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (VDRTC) and collaborators at Stanford University have discovered new insights into the molecular mechanisms...
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