diabetes
Selenium Makes Insulin Last Longer
By replacing sulfur with selenium, scientists have developed a long-lasting synthetic insulin analog that could be used for treating diabetes.
Tracking India’s Shifting Diabetes Epidemic
As India becomes more prosperous, diabetes is likely to disproportionately affect economically disadvantaged groups—a transition already seen in high-income countries.
Eating Fresh Fruit Associated With Lower Diabetes Risk
An apple (or banana, or orange, or any kind of fruit) a day keeps diabetes and cardiovascular diseases away.
Smart Glucose Monitor Both Senses And Dispenses
This miniature test strip can not only detect the levels of glucose but can also automatically release the right amount of drug in response.
Asians With Type 2 Diabetes At Greater Risk Of Cancer
Researchers have found that type 2 diabetes is linked with a 26 percent increase in the risk of death from cancer in Asians.
Diabetes Drug Could Prevent Spread Of Aggressive Breast Cancer
A drug that has already been approved for treating diabetes has been shown to inhibit an enzyme that drives an aggressive type of breast cancer.
RNAi Used To Treat Eye Inflammation
Researchers have successfully used proline-modified short hairpin RNA targeting (pro)renin to treat eye inflammation in mice.
Lab-Grown Pancreas Reverse Diabetes In Mice
The success of a rat-to-mouse pancreas transplant suggests that such interspecies transplants could help meet the need for donor organs.
Diabetes Shortens Human Lifespan By Nine Years
In China, diabetics will die an average of nine years before their healthy peers, study estimates.
