A study by Columbia researchers suggests that cells in the patient's intestine could be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need for a stem cell transplant. Until now, stem cell transplants have been seen by many researchers as the ideal way to replace cells lost in type I diabetes and to free patients from insulin injections...
Showing posts with label Insulin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insulin. Show all posts
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Gut Cells Turned To Insulin Factories - New Type l Diabetes Treatment
According to a study conducted in mice by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and published 11 March 2012, in the journal Nature Genetics, cells in the intestine of patients with type 1 diabetes could be lured into generating insulin, eliminating the need for a stem cell transplant...
Monday, March 12, 2012
Glycemic Control Improved In Vivo By Allosteric Insulin Receptor-Activating Antibody
XOMA Corporation (Nasdaq: XOMA) announced that its study of XMetA, the company's fully-human allosteric monoclonal antibody to the insulin receptor, is available online and will be published in the May issue of the American Diabetes Association's journal Diabetes. XMetA is the first antibody specific for the insulin receptor shown to correct hyperglycemia in a mouse model of diabetes...
New Study Shows High Insulin Resistance Is Correlated With Rapid Decline In Renal Function In Elderly Populations
Elderly people with the metabolic syndrome - defined as having multiple risk factors associated with developing diabetes and heart disease - had an increased risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)...
Saturday, March 10, 2012
New Study Shows High Insulin Resistance Is Correlated With Rapid Decline In Renal Function In Elderly Populations
Elderly people with the metabolic syndrome - defined as having multiple risk factors associated with developing diabetes and heart disease - had an increased risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)...
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