In Brief Scientists have used a new drug to reverse diabetes in mice. The drug inhibits the enzyme LMPTP, which contributes to the development of Type 2 diabetes by weakening the body’s sensitivity to the hormone. Defining Diabetes In the global community, the number of people with diabetes has been on the rise since 1980, with...
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Medicinal food diet counters onset of Type 1 Diabetes
Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute researchers have led an international study that found- for the 1st time- That a diet yielding high amounts of the Short chain fatty acids acetate and butyrate provided beneficial effect on the immune system and protected against type 1 / Juvenile diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes: Occurs when immune cells called...
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Researchers unravel how Stevia controls blood sugar levels
How does stevia taste so extremely sweet and how does the sweetner keep our blood sugar levels under control? Researchers at KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) have discovered that stevia stimulates a protein that is essential for our perception of taste and is involved in the release of insulin after a meal. These results...
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Intestinal bacteria may protect against diabetes
A high concentration of indolepropionic acid in the serum protects against type 2 diabetes, shows a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. Indolepropionic acid is a metabolite produced by intestinal bacteria, and its production is boosted by a fibre-rich diet. According to the researchers, the discovery provides additional insight into the role of...
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Reversing Diabetes with a completely new drug
In Brief: Scientists have used a new drug to reverse diabetes in mice. The drug inhibits the enzyme LMPTP, which contributes to the development of Type 2 diabetes by weakening the body’s sensitivity to the hormone. Defining Diabetes: In the global community, the number of people with diabetes has been on the rise since 1980, with...
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A New Drug May Be Able to Completely Reverse Diabetes
IN BRIEF Scientists have used a new drug to reverse diabetes in mice. The drug inhibits the enzyme LMPTP, which contributes to the development of Type 2 diabetes by weakening the body’s sensitivity to the hormone. DEFINING DIABETES In the global community, the number of people with diabetes has been on the rise since 1980, with 422...
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An alternative to Statins with Stem cell drug screen
Stem cell drug screen yields potential alternative to statins. A novel drug screen in liver-like cells produced from a patient’s stem cells shows that cardiac glycosides could reduce LDL cholesterol differently from statins, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina. In a study appearing in the April 6, 2017 issue of Cell Stem...
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Breakthrough in ‘exercise pill’ that could help battle diabetes and obesity epidemic
A new pill could make your muscles think they’ve been exercising It targets two receptors linked to muscle metabolism and mimics exercise Researchers say the drug could help battle the obesity and diabetes epidemics A new pill is being developed that could make your body think it has exercised. American researchers are trying to target...
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Possible new view of diabetes
The islet on the left shows the disrupted and depleted beta cells of T1D. It’s hard to change entrenched ideas in science. Protein is the genetic material. Genes are continuous and immobile. The genome consists of 120,000 genes; no, 80,000; no, 60,000; no, 20,325. What we know about the natural world changes as we learn...
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Diabetes can be reversed in just 4 MONTHS through a combination of drugs, exercising and a healthy diet
Experts tested a combination of pills, insulin and therapies on Type 2 patients This resulted in 40% of patients entering remissions, the researchers found They were able to stay in remission 3 months after stopping diabetes drugs Diabetes can be reversed in just four months by intensive medical treatment, new research shows. Despite being considered...