Diabetes News

A group of scientists has used gene therapy to deliver three insulin transcription factors to the livers of diabetic mice. As a result, the mice experienced an increase in insulin gene expression and insulin production.

Researchers have developed three clones of cells from existing human embryonic stem cells. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for diabetes, Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury.

A mouse with improved glucose tolerance and insulin activity in the liver has been created, and generated new findings about insulin-signaling in the liver that could prove useful in understanding the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes.

Researchers have begun a new study into the effects of a mother's diet in pregnancy upon unborn babies and their future health.

Protection against a wide variety of diseases is among the many benefits of a diet high in whole fruits and vegetables.

To help Americans fight the dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes, Joslin Diabetes Center has crafted new nutrition and physical activity guidelines for overweight and obese individuals with type 2 diabetes and those at risk for developing diabetes (pre-diabetes).

Study identifies barriers in all components of the private health insurance system that can prevent Americans with diabetes from properly managing the disease.

Trend of increasing life expectancy is about to reverse itself -- due to the rapid rise in obesity, especially among children.

Scientists 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.

Single hormone appears to regulate blood sugar in two different ways.

A suitcase-sized machine is making life easier for some patients undergoing rigorous dialysis for kidney failure.

Study is the first to show that it would be cost-effective for society to try to prevent diabetes in people with a condition known as "pre-diabetes," or impaired glucose tolerance.

Patients with Type 2 diabetes who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea can lower their glucose levels by receiving the most common sleep apnea therapy.

Joslin scientists also discover this impairment sets the stage for type 2 diabetes later in life.

Patients with type 1 diabetes who received islet transplantation from a single donor pancreas were insulin independent one year later, according to a recent study.

An herb used in traditional Indian medicine to treat diabetes seems to lower blood sugar and insulin levels in a manner similar to prescription drugs.