A team of researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham might have found the cure for diabetes in their clinical tests of verapamil. They will be pioneering a clinical trial in the following year dubbed “The Repurposing of Verapamil as a Beta Cell Survival Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes”. This trial has already received a $2.1 million financial grant for three years, courtesy of the … [Read more...]
Stem Cell Research Offers Solution for Diabetes Treatment
When scientist Douglas Melton at Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology set out to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, he was driven by a personal motive: both of his children have the disease. Fifteen years later, he says he is on the right track and trials on humans should begin soon, according to the article he co-authored, published on the Thursday edition of journal … [Read more...]
Diabetes Rates Stabilized in the 2008-2012 Period
Diabetes is one of the leading diseases that plagued the US in the last two decades. Now researchers claim the rate of diabetes leveled off in 2012. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that after the boom in blood sugar from 1990 until 2008, the rate of people living with diabetes has decreased. Insulin makes blood contained sugar available to cells as fuel. … [Read more...]
Bionic Artificial Pancreas Offers Hope To Diabetes Patients [Video]
Boston researchers have developed artificial pancreas which promises considerable change in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin and these pancreas potentially enables 2 million Americans to eat what they want without counting carbohydrates or calculating insulin injections. Type 1 diabetes usually starts in childhood or young … [Read more...]
Development Of Bionic Pancreas’ for Diabetics In Progress
Major progress has been made by the scientists in the development of ‘‘bionic pancreas’’ which will dramatically change the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The artificial pancreas has been designed to take over the job of providing insulin on a minute-by-minute basis in case of failure of body’s real organ. The mechanical device is worn outside the body. The device has been designed by Edward … [Read more...]
Juvenile Diabetes or Children with Type 1 Diabetes suffer Memory Loss
A new study has found that a kind of diabetes can lead to memory loss or related problems in children. The condition of high blood glucose level among infants are called Juvenile Diabetes. According to the researchers, a complication of Type 1 diabetes, known as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), can degrade the condition children's brain matter and lead to a decrease in memory and attention. Lead … [Read more...]