Diabetes

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More children and adolescents than usual developed type 1 diabetes in Finland in the first 18 months of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a recently completed …

SARS-CoV-2 unlikely to cause type 1 diabetes Read More

Pathogenesis of COVID-19 symptoms and therapeutic strategies. The insulin/IGF signaling pathway plays an important role in many biological processes, such as energy metabolism and cell survival. SARS-CoV-2 infection impairs transcriptional …

The surprising link between SARS-CoV-2 infection and new-onset diabetes Read More

Beta cells (green) produce the hormone insulin. Credit: Masur / Wikimedia Commons Research into the causes of type 1 diabetes often focuses on the autoimmune response, where the immune system …

Focus on beta cells instead of immune system could be key to preventing type 1 diabetes Read More

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, new UVA Health research reveals that a factory-calibrated continuous glucose monitor (CGM) may be …

Off-the-shelf glucose monitors prove accurate for dialysis patients Read More

A photo from the research paper shows normal liver tissue at left and fatty liver tissue on the right. The white areas at right are accumulated lipids. Credit: University of …

New discoveries about enzyme’s metabolic role may lead to better diabetes treatments Read More

A transplanted pseudoislet made from CD63hi beta cells. Credit: Weill Cornell Medicine Multiple types of beta cells produce insulin in the pancreas, helping to balance blood sugar levels. Losing a …

Losing a key type of pancreatic cell may contribute to diabetes Read More

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 42 and recently was diagnosed with diabetes. My doctor said I could manage the condition with diet and exercise for now …

How does diabetes affect the heart? Read More

Generation of iPICs using a non-mutagenic ALK5 inhibitor and CDK8/19 inhibitor instead of mutagenic ALK5iII. a, b Blood glucose (a) and human C-peptide (b) levels after ALK5iII- and SB/Sen-cells (3 × 106 …

A safer method of generating pancreatic islet-like cells from human iPS cells Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ozempic has been catapulted into the public eye in recent months as celebrities and wellness influencers started taking it for weight loss. But Ozempic is a …

‘Let the diabetics have their drugs’ Read More

Experimental set up to observe oligomerization events of insulin using TIRF microscopy. a Representation (not to scale) of the experimental setup. ATTO655 labeled Human Insulin (HI655, see structure in b), …

‘We have miscalculated for decades. Half of an insulin dose may not work as expected’ Read More