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7/5/2006 4:18:00 AM | Diabetes Link To Infection 
=(0) A large study in Britain of patients with type I (juvenile) diabetes suggests that there are factors other than genetics causing the disease. Research reveals that the disease occurs in "clusters" suggesting that a common cause exists to bring on cases in a particular area or population. The cause could be infectious, environmental or a combin...
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6/21/2006 3:41:00 PM | Study Shows New Non-Invasive Device Screens Diabetes Better Than ... =(0) Shining a fluorescent light on the skin may soon replace fasting blood sugar levels as a diagnostic test for diabetes. In tests, the VeraLight Scout's identification of "advanced glycation endproducts" (AGEs) in the skin was actually more accurate at identifying diabetics and pre-diabetics than the traditional blood test. AGEs affect prot...
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6/21/2006 5:29:00 AM | Watchdog setback for inhaled insulin =(0) There is now an alternative for diabetics who need to inject insulin: a form of the medication that can be inhaled, called Exubera. It has been approved in Europe and the US, but regulators in Britain are throwing up roadblocks to its use. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence does not find Exubera to be cost-effective and ...
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6/19/2006 5:23:00 PM | Diabetes vaccine mechanism found =(0) There is a vaccine in development for type I (juvenile) diabetes. It has proven successful in stopping the progression of the disease in lab animals, and is now in clinical trials. It works by stopping the autoimmune response with a particular protein called HSP60. Recent research has revealed how the vaccine works on a molecular level, a...
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6/14/2006 4:18:00 PM | Baylor University Researchers Develop Promising Treatment for Type ... =(0) Baylor University researchers have succeeded in delivering human insulin genes into the pancreas of rats, with the effect of lowering the animal's blood sugar. The technique involves encasing the genes in microbubbles, which are burst with ultrasound when they reach the pancreas. If a similar technique is successful in humans it could mea...
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6/12/2006 5:07:00 AM | Lilly diabetes drug shows promise =(0) Eli Lilly & Co. has a drug in development, Arxxant, that seems to slow down vision loss in diabetes. While it does not prevent the problem entirely, it appears to be useful in prolonging quality of life issues for people with the disease. Currently the only way to treat diabetic retinopathy is with laser surgery once the condition is adva...
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4/21/2006 6:08:00 AM | Scientists reveal potential cure for diabetes - =(0) Researchers in California are studying a new drug combination that they hope will lead to a cure for juvenile diabetes. Animal tests have so far proven promising for the mixture of a monoclonal antibody and a peptide, designed to decrease the immune system's destruction of insulin-producing cells and at the same time protect the cells in a vac...
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4/4/2006 3:18:00 PM | 5-year study on pediatric diabetes prevention announced =(0) One thousand middle school children in New York City are set to take part in a study to determine whether type II diabetes can be prevented in their age group by instruction on fitness and healthy eating. This type of diabetes, usually seen in older people but now occurring more frequently in children, is associated with obesity and inactivity....
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4/4/2006 6:55:00 AM | Researchers reverse juvenile diabetes in animal model =(0) Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh researchers are set to begin human testing of a method they developed that cured type I diabetes (juvenile diabetes) in mice. This type of diabetes is thought to be caused by a misguided attempt of certain white blood cells to destroy the pancreatic cells which produce insulin, and is a different disease from the m...
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3/30/2006 3:08:00 AM | Frazer targets diabetes =(0) Islet transplants mark a potentially huge leap forward in the efforts to find a cure for juvenile diabetes. The goal is to repair the immune attack on the pancreas which is what causes Type 1 diabetes in children. Islet transplants may be able to help both genetic cases of Type 1 diabetes and drug induces Type 1 diabetes by repairing the function ...
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3/23/2006 2:33:00 PM | Efforts to Replicate Controversial Diabetes Therapy Bring Partial =(0) Research towards a cure for juvenile diabetes continues, with reports out this month on progress in reversing the disease in mice. The theory is to disrupt the immunological attack that destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, which is the process leading to type I diabetes. In these studies, spleen cells from healthy mice were transp...
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3/14/2006 6:25:00 PM | Local diabetes research proves enlightening =(0) Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are studying the effect that high blood glucose (such as occurs in diabetes) has on body cells and how to reverse that effect, in an effort to prevent the devastating complications of diabetes which may affect the kidney, the retina and other organs. They found that even after blood glucose levels returned ...
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