2020POSTED BY ELLEN GOLDBAUM-BUFFALO “During the period just after diagnosis, called partial remission or the honeymoon period, patients are still able to make some insulin on their own,” says Teresa Quattrin. “That is the period we have targeted with this study of golimumab.” (Credit: Getty Images)SHARE THIS ARTICLE Facebook Twitter Email You are free to share this...
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Once-a-week insulin for type 2 diabetes shows promise in early trial
by Serena Gordon, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—Type 2 diabetes can be tough to control without medication. But for some people, the thought of daily shots makes them delay or avoid starting insulin therapy. Now, new research offers some hope for those insulin avoiders—a once-a-week insulin injection may someday replace daily shots. A phase 2 trial compared the new weekly insulin,...
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Research shows testosterone therapy can lead to remission in men with Type 2 diabetes
by Barbara Branning, University at Buffalo The findings from a recent study by a University at Buffalo researcher and others could prove to be a game-changer for men with Type 2 diabetes. The single-site study, conducted over 11 years in Bremerhaven, Germany, found that testosteronetherapy reversed Type 2 diabetes in a one-third of the study...
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Coronavirus damages the endocrine system
Steroids may offer vital COVID-19 treatment strategy THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY WASHINGTON–People with endocrine disorders may see their condition worsen as a result of COVID-19, according to a new review published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. “We explored the previous SARS outbreak caused by the very similar virus SARS-CoV-1 to advise endocrinologists involved in...
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Researchers develop a new ultrafast insulin
by Taylor Kubota, Stanford University Researchers at Stanford University are developing a new insulin formulation that begins to take effect almost immediately upon injection, potentially working four times as fast as current commercial fast-acting insulin formulations. The researchers focused on so-called monomeric insulin, which has a molecular structure that, according to theory, should allow it...
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Toss the syringe: New formulation allows for oral delivery of many injectable drugs, including insulin
by Caroline Perry, Harvard University A new startup, i2O Therapeutics, has launched to commercialize innovations developed at Harvard University that may one day enable patients and clinicians to give up syringes in favor of pills. Using ionic liquid technologies developed in the lab of Harvard bioengineer Samir Mitragotri, biologic therapies that would normally need to...
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FDA: Insulin among drugs transitioned to biological products
Insulin and other biologic drugs, such as human growth hormone, have now transitioned to being regulated as biological products, providing a new pathway for approval of biosimilars and interchangeable versions of these products and introducing competition into the market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday. “Today is a historic day and a landmark...
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Insulin signaling suppressed by decoys
C. elegans study from the lab of Matthew Gill, PhD, presents new direction for research on type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, longevity and aging SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE JUPITER, FL–FEB. 25, 2020–In a discovery that may further the understanding of diabetes and human longevity, scientists at Scripps Research have found a new biological mechanism of insulin...
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Tasting no-calorie sweetener may affect insulin response on glucose tolerance test
by Sharita Forrest, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Artificial sweeteners such as sucralose provide the seductive taste of sweetness without the calories contained in sugar—a seeming win-win for people who need to control their blood sugar and insulin levels or weight. However, simply tasting or consuming sucralosemay affect blood glucose and insulin levels on glucose...
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In US, diabetics turn to black market or Canada for life-saving insulin
On a frosty January morning in a Minneapolis suburb, Abigail Hansmeyer leaves her car engine running and takes out a brown paper bag carrying needles and a vial, handing it over to its recipient in an anonymous shopping center parking lot. The exchange is technically illegal, but these aren’t illicit drugs. Instead, the vial contains...