Avoiding Amputation: Early Infection Intervention Can Save Feet and Legs
A new study may help more people save their limbs. It's the first-ever large study of how foot-bone infection, called osteomyelitis, is typically treated and how well the different approaches work.
Skin Cells Converted Into Insulin-Producing Pancreatic Cells
Scientists have converted human skin cells into fully-functional pancreatic cells, which prevented the onset of diabetes in test models. Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and...
A Tiny Pump Promises Big Time Performance: BU Invention Could Sweeten Diabetes Therapy Within...
Hopes are that within the next 3 to 5 years diabetics could see their quality of life enhanced by this chip-sized pump with no moving parts.
Pitt Researchers Develop Non-Invasive Glucose Sensor
Millions of people suffering from diabetes mellitus may be spared the ordeal of pricking their fingers several times a day to test blood sugar levels.
Researchers Find Potential New Non-Insulin Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers have discovered a hormone pathway that potentially could lead to new ways of treating type 1 diabetes independent of insulin.
Type 1 Diabetes Breakthrough with Artemisinin Treatment
Researchers have announced that FDA-approved artemisinins, used for decades to treat malaria, offer a completely new therapy for type 1 diabetes. It promises to be...
Vitamins C and E May Enhance Effectiveness of Insulin for Diabetes
Adding antioxidants to therapy improves drug's ability to reduce blood sugar.
Research Team Pinpoints Gene Key to Reactivating Insulin-Producing Beta Cells
A BYU research team, which includes several students with type 1 diabetes, have pinpointed a gene that causes beta cells to replicate. Beta cells...
Medalist Study Details How Type 1 Diabetics Can Live Longer
Results from the Medalist study underlines the importance of glucose control in adults with Type 1 diabetes, and shows how to lower the leading cause of death.
New Cell Transplantation Technique Restores Insulin Production in Diabetics
Researchers are using a new cell transplantation technique to restore the cells that produce insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Discovery Could Help Diabetics and Others With Slow-To-Heal Wounds
A new discovery about the wound-healing process could lead to better treatments for diabetics and other patients who have wounds that are slow to heal.
Study: Porcine Islets Offer Promise For Human Diabetic Patients
Islet cell xenotransplantation presents a promising near-term solution to the critically low islet cell supply for humans suffering from type 1 diabetes.
Sugar Sponge: Insulin-free Diabetes Treatment Reported
Researchers report the development of "sugar sponges" that sop up and release glucose as needed and it's use as a treatment for both type...
New Treatment Using Skin Cells Could Replace Insulin Shots
Stem cells from diabetic patients have been coaxed to become insulin-secreting cells which would replace the need for insulin shots. Researchers have produced insulin-secreting cells...
Beta Cell Function Preserved with Alefacept in New-onset Type 1 Diabetics
Study shows that people with new-onset type 1 diabetes who took two courses of alefacept soon after being diagnosed showed preserved beta cell function...
Special Cell Prevents Diabetes in Mouse Model
A special type of dendritic cell unusual for its capacity to promote the swift death of T cells appears to prevent diabetes.
