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More Beta Cells, More Insulin, Less Diabetes
Caption: Betatrophin, a natural hormone produced in liver and fat cells, triggers the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas to replicateCredit: Douglas Melton and Peng Yi Type 2 diabetes (T2D)...
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Reprograming Adult Cells to Produce Blood Vessels
Caption: New network of blood vessels (green) grown from reprogrammed adult human cells (blue: connective tissue, red: red blood cells)Credit: Reproduced from R. Samuel et al, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A....
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Metabolomics: Taking Aim at Diabetic Kidney Failure
iStockCaption: Dialysis is often used to treat kidney failure related to diabetes. My own research laboratory has worked on the genetics of diabetes for two decades. One of my colleagues from those...
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Bionic Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes
Caption: Boston University researcher Ed Damiano with his son David, who has type 1 diabetes, in 2002.Credit: Toby Milgrome From taking selfies to playing Candy Crush, smart phones are being put to a...
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Stem Cell Science: Taking Aim at Type 1 Diabetes
Caption: Insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells (green) derived from human embryonic stem cells that have formed islet-like clusters in a mouse. The red cells are producing another metabolic hormone,...
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NIH-Funded Research Makes Science’s “Top 10” List
Modeled after Time’s Person of the Year, the journal Science has a tradition of honoring the year’s most groundbreaking research advances. For 2014, the European Space Agency nabbed first place with...
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Progress Toward Stem Cell Treatment for Diabetes
Caption: Insulin-containing pancreatic beta cells (green) derived from human stem cells. The red cells are producing another metabolic hormone, glucagon, that regulates blood glucose levels. Blue...
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Can Artificial Cells Take Over for Lost Insulin-Secreting Cells?
Caption: Artificial beta cell, made of a lipid bubble (purple) carrying smaller, insulin-filled vesicles (green). Imaged with cryo-scanning electron microscope (cryo-SEM) and colorized.Credit: Zhen Gu...
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Insulin-Producing Organoids Offer Hope for Treating Type 1 Diabetes
Caption: Human islet-like organoids express insulin (green). Credit: Salk Institute For the 1 to 3 million Americans with type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys insulin-producing beta cells of...
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How COVID-19 Can Lead to Diabetes
Along with the pneumonia, blood clots, and other serious health concerns caused by SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, some studies have also identified another troubling connection. Some people can...
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Artificial Pancreas Improves Blood Glucose Control in Young Kids with Type 1...
Credit: Shutterstock/sirtravelalot; Tandem Diabetes Care, San Diego, CA Last week brought some great news for parents of small children with type 1 diabetes (T1D). It involved what’s called an...
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