Archive for the ‘Diabetes’ Category
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MBRX) announced the completion of patient enrollment in its Phase 2a clinical trial for MB07803, a product candidate being studied as a treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes. With this trial fully enrolled and the final patients undergoing dosing, the Company expects to be able to ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
A recent Article published in The Lancet suggests that the criteria for diagnosing diabetes mellitus could need reassessment. This conclusion comes from a study that looks at the connection between diabetes mellitus and a frequent diabetic complication called retinopathy.
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder due to an inability of pancreatic cells ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A new study led by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center has found that women with type 1 diabetes who reported taking less insulin than prescribed had a three-fold increased risk of death and higher rates of disease complications than those who did not skip needed insulin shots. The new ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Researchers have developed software which could potentially identify over 600,000 people who are undiagnosed or at increased risk of Type 2 diabetes.
The research, published in the British Journal of General Practice, found that simple software can highlight people whose higher blood glucose levels have not been followed up.
The software was ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Scientists at a US biotechnology company implanted immature beta-cells derived from human embryonic stem cells (hES cells) into mice and showed that they generated insulin-secreting cells that responded to raised blood sugar. They hope the discovery will one day lead to a renewable source of insulin-producing cells for the treatment ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Glucose monitors, test strips, and lancets: people with diabetes are all too familiar with the equipment used to test their blood glucose (sugar) levels. Now some people are adding a different kind of aid to their diabetes management regimen. The March 2008 issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Diabetes is often characterized by a failure of insulin production by pancreatic Beta-cells to properly regulate glucose homeostasis. Insulin resistance can lead to ?-cell failure, and our studies have focused on elucidating the mechanisms involved in this postnatal failure.
This week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, Katsuya Tanabe, James Woodgett, ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
DiabetesAmerica, the premier network of diabetes care and management centers across the state of Texas, announced today that they will be opening a new center in San Antonio. Scheduled to open on April 3, 2008, the brand new 3,500 sq. ft. health center will be dedicated to providing comprehensive diabetes ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Experts from The Endocrine Society are available to speak with journalists about the health issues surrounding diabetes care and the management of glucose levels. Experts can also explain the significance of the recent review of available data from the ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) Trial, sponsored by ...
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