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Scientists Use Public-Database Search to Identify Novel Receptor With Key Role in Type 2 Diabetes
April 9, 2012 — Using computational methods, medical researchers have strongly implicated a novel gene in the triggering of type 2 diabetes. Their experiments in lab mice and in human blood and tissue samples ... > full story -
Maternal Obesity, Diabetes Associated With Autism, Other Developmental Disorders
April 9, 2012 — A major study of the relationships between maternal metabolic conditions and the risk that a child will be born with a neurodevelopmental disorder has found strong links between maternal diabetes and ... > full story -
Sugar Production Switch in Liver May Offer Target for New Diabetes Therapies
April 8, 2012 — A newly discovered molecular switch controls liver glucose production and may represent a new avenue for treating insulin-resistant type II ... > full story -
New Stem Cell Line Provides Safe, Prolific Source for Disease Modeling and Transplant Studies
April 5, 2012 — Researchers have generated a new type of human stem cell that can develop into numerous types of specialized cells, including functioning pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin. Called endodermal ... > full story -
Enzyme in Saliva Helps Regulate Blood Glucose
April 4, 2012 — Scientists report that blood glucose levels following starch ingestion are influenced by genetically-determined differences in the oral enzyme salivary amylase. Specifically, higher salivary amylase ... > full story -
New Method Yields Insulin-Producing Pancreatic Cell Clusters
April 4, 2012 — Three-dimensional clusters of pancreatic beta-cells that live much longer and secrete more insulin than single cells grown in the laboratory are valuable new tools for studying pancreatic diseases ... > full story -
How a Cancer Drug Leads to Diabetes-Like State
April 3, 2012 — Scientists have discovered why diabetic-like symptoms develop in some patients given rapamycin, an immune-suppressant drug that also has shown anti-cancer activity and may even slow ... > full story -
New Hormone for Lowering Blood Sugar
April 3, 2012 — New evidence points to a hormone that leaves muscles gobbling up sugar as if they can't get enough. That factor, which can be coaxed out of fat stem cells, could lead to a new treatment to lower ... > full story -
Caloric Moderation Can Reverse Link Between Low Birth Weight and Obesity, Early Study Indicates
April 2, 2012 — Babies who are born small have a tendency to put on weight during childhood and adolescence if allowed free access to calories. However, a new animal model study found when small babies were placed ... > full story -
Protective Gene Discovered in Fat Cells
April 1, 2012 — In a finding that may challenge popular notions of body fat and health, researchers have shown how fat cells can protect the body against ... > full story -
Epigenetic Changes in Twins of Dieting Mothers Increases Risk of Obesity and Diabetes
April 1, 2012 — Expectant mothers might feel a little better about reaching for that pint of ice cream: New research suggests that twins, and babies of mothers who diet around the time of conception and in early ... > full story -
Commonly Used Diabetes Drug May Help to Prevent Primary Liver Cancer, Study Suggests
March 31, 2012 — Metformin, a drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes, may help to prevent primary liver cancer, researchers report. The medication, which is derived from the French lilac, is being studied in ... > full story
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