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...
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Older women taking statins face higher risk of diabetes
Older women taking cholesterol-lowering statins face a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes Older Australian women taking cholesterol-lowering statins face a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a University of Queensland study. UQ School of Public Health researcher Dr Mark Jones said women over 75 faced a 33 per cent higher chance of...
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Can sweat patches revolutionise diabetes?
Scientists have developed a sensor that can monitor blood sugar levels by analysing sweaty skin. But rather than a gym-soaked t-shirt, it needs just one millionth of a litre of sweat to do the testing. The team – in South Korea – showed the sensor was accurate and think it could eventually help patients...
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Fasting-Mimicking Diet Promotes Ngn3-Driven β-Cell Regeneration to Reverse Diabetes
Highlights Fasting mimicking diet induces prenatal-development gene expression in adult pancreas FMD promotes Ngn3 expression to generate insulin-producing β cells Cycles of FMD reverse β-cell failure and rescue mice from T1D and T2D Inhibition of PKA or mTOR promotes Ngn3-driven β-cell regeneration in human T1D islets Summary Stem-cell-based therapies can potentially reverse organ dysfunction and...
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What primary care providers should know about diabetic neuropathy
New guidelines from Michigan Medicine researchers and the American Diabetes Association equip physicians with better information on the condition An estimated 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes develop some form of diabetic neuropathy, or the chronic nerve damage diabetes causes, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. With...