Insulin glargine – European Medicines Agency update on safety
Posted in Diabetes News on 27. Jul, 2009
The European Medicines Agency have issued an update with regards to the Lantus Insulin Glargine cancer scare.
Researchers to implant pig cells in diabetics
Posted in Diabetes News on 23. Jul, 2009
A New Zealand biotech company began a trial Thursday that will implant cells from newborn pigs into eight human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes.
Stem cell research progress
Posted in Diabetes News on 22. Jul, 2009
Researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have discovered that a specific gene – Sox17 – plays an important role in directing cells to become part of the pancreas or part of the bile duct (used in the digestion of food).
Poor blood sugar control in Type 2 diabetes can worsen depression
Posted in Diabetes News on 22. Jul, 2009
Researchers at the University of Michigan have determined that poor glycemic control in diabetics may be a risk factor of worsened depressive symptoms.
Grapefruit ingredient – a future treatment for Type 2 diabetes?
Posted in Diabetes News on 18. Jul, 2009
A team of Canadian scientists have discovered that naringenin, a flavonoid found in citrus fruit, and especially grapefruit, makes the liver burn fat instead of storing it after a meal. (This chemical compound also gives grapefruit its bitter taste.)
