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FDA Approves New Indication for ertapenem for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Complicated Foot Infection in Diabetics
FDA has approved INVANZ® (ertapenem), a once-daily injectable antibiotic, for the treatment of moderate to severe complicated foot infection due to indicated pathogens in diabetic patients without osteomyelitis.
Posted on November 15, 2005 - 2:05am.
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Potential New Treatment For Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
Scientists in Japan have found a way to improve on a promising diabetes treatment; report that transplanted insulin-producing cells survive better when the activation of a specific type of immune cell is blocked.
Posted on October 7, 2005 - 7:09pm.
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Human Beta-Cell Line Offers Hope For Type 1 Diabetes Breakthrough
Technique to create a reversibly immortalized beta-cell line represents a significant leap in the quest to develop an effective and universal treatment for type 1 diabetes.
Posted on October 7, 2005 - 7:02pm.
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Scientists Find Genetic Defects That Allow the Immune System to Attack the Pancreas
Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have found genetic regions that, when defective, allow the immune system to attack the pancreas -- the first in a series of mis-steps that lead to type 1 diabetes. Armed with these findings, published today, March 22, in the journal Immunity, the researchers are now trying to hone in on the exact genes involved, in mice and in human patients.
Posted on March 22, 2005 - 6:51pm.
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