By Lydia O’Connor Jul 7, 2022, 07:37 PM EDT | Updated 14 minutes ago California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Thursday that the state will start producing its own insulin, lowering the price of an essential treatment that typically costs people with diabetes thousands of dollars of years to obtain. The endeavor will make California the first state to produce...
by Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT engineers are working on an app that identifies and quantifies food content, which can aid in carbohydrate counting for people with diabetes. Credit: MIT News, stock images Before consuming a meal, many people with diabetes need to inject themselves with insulin. This is a time-consuming process that...
by Salk Institute Insulin and FGF1 both regulate blood sugar levels using independent pathways. Credit: Salk Institute The discovery of insulin 100 years ago opened a door that would lead to life and hope for millions of people with diabetes. Ever since then, insulin, produced in the pancreas, has been considered the primary means of...
by Weizmann Institute of Science In both the FIKL cells in the small intestine (top) and beta cells in the pancreas (bottom), the mRNA molecules for making insulin (magenta) are found closer to the cell center, whereas insulin itself (green) accumulates on the outward-facing side of the cell, from where it will be released. Credit:...
by Cell Press High-resolution model of six insulin molecules assembled in a hexamer. Credit: Isaac Yonemoto/Wikipedia Interim results from a multicenter clinical trial demonstrate insulin secretion from engrafted cells in patients with type 1 diabetes. The safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the implants, which consisted of pancreatic endoderm cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells...
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Credit: Pixabay In one of the largest and most racially diverse studies to date of American children and adolescents with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin have identified the clinical and demographic factors associated with pediatric diabetic...
by University of Turku Fig. 1. Dose-response association between standing time and insulin sensitivity. Insulin sensitivity presented as a) M-value and b) HOMA-IR stratified by tertiles of accelerometer-measured standing time (h/day; means [SD]) in sedentary adults with metabolic syndrome (n = 64). HOMA-IR = homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance. ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.08.009 Insulin is a key hormone...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress PILLSID operation sequence overview. (A) The drug-loaded capsule is ingested by the patient (1) and passively advanced along the digestive system (2). When the capsule reaches the loop interfaced with the extraperitoneal pouch containing the device, it is magnetically docked (3). (B) The capsule is then punched by the...
by Linda A. Johnson This July 2021 image provided by Viatris shows Semglee insulin. On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, U.S. regulators took action that will make it easier to get a cheaper and similar version of brand-name insulin at the drugstore. The Food and Drug Administration agreed that Viatris Inc.’s Semglee was interchangeable with widely...
Miriam E. Tucker February 26, 2021 Insulin may be more heat-stable during 28 days of use than current labeling suggests, a new study indicates. Instructions on insulin vials or pens indicate that they be stored unopened at temperatures of 2° to 8° C (35.6° to 46.4° F). Once the seal is punctured and during 28 days of use,...
