06
May

Australian Scientists Create Potential Preventative Therapy For Type 1 Diabetes

Science experts believe they may have found a preventative therapy for Type One Diabetes, by making the body’s killer immune cells tolerate the insulin-producing cells they would normally attack and destroy, prior to disease onset. Type One Diabetes is an autoimmune condition, where the body attacks its own insulin producing cells. It [...]

06
May

Kalamazoo company developing diabetes treatment secures $10 million

Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com
Metabolic Solutions Development Co. raised $10 million in its most recent fundraising effort. The Kalamazoo-based drug-development startup is running clinical trials on a new treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Founded in 2006 by former Upjohn Co. scientists Rolf Kletzien and Jerry Colca, Metabolic Solutions secured $9.25 million from investors and a $1.36 [...]

17
Apr

Heart Screening Unnecessary In Type 2 Diabetes Patients With No Symptoms

Routine screening for coronary artery disease in Type Two Diabetes patients with no symptoms of angina or a history of coronary disease is unnecessary and may lead initially to more invasive and costly heart procedures, according to scientists at Yale School of Medicine. They report their findings in the April 15 Journal of the American [...]

15
Apr

Findings Show Insulin – Not Genes – Linked To Obesity

scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting factors other than genes could cause obesity, finding that genetically identical cells store widely differing amounts of fat depending on subtle variations in how cells process insulin. Learning the precise mechanism responsible for fat storage in cells could lead to methods for controlling obesity.

Topics: scientists, Genetic, genes, [...]