Newly discovered genetic disease sheds light on body's water balance
...e kidneys to retain water. The opposite condition, diabetes insipidus, is caused when the arginine at R137 is changed to histidine, and the resulting V2 receptor signals the kidneys to excrete water excessively. To test the hypothesis that V2 receptors were active in their patients even though vasopressin was...Researchers discover mechanism for multiplying adult stem cells
...cells that could be used to treat diseases such as diabetes or Parkinson's....University of Minnesota to host international whole grains conference
... to reduced risk of heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes and cancer. The problem is, many people don't like the taste of whole grain products," said conference organizer Len Marquart, assistant professor of food science and nutrition at the University of Minnesota. "Industry, academia and government need t...Creation of gene targeting earns Smithies March of Dimes honor
... defects and many other disorders, such as cancer, diabetes and atherosclerosis. The March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology has been awarded annually since 1996 to investigators whose research has profoundly advanced the science that underlies the understanding of birth defects. The organization create......ar directly from the physician-researchers who are diabetes news makers helping to reshape the understanding o...d of incretin hormones and their potential role in diabetes treatment. New therapies currently under investigation that move beyond insulin-mediated treatments ...Type 2 diabetes may begin with Grandma's diet
...ence that the insulin resistance typical of type 2 diabetes can be "programmed" across two generations by poor...ype 2 diabetes. Knowledge of the origins of type 2 diabetes has the potential to improve the health of millions as well as deliver very significant economic sav...Joslin hosts conference on diabetes in American Indian/Alaska Natives, May 16-19 in Denver
...l conference to address cardiovascular disease and diabetes within the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/A...urban community health leaders on the link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and how to integrate treatment and prevention of these closely rela...Consequences of exposure to an energy rich diet during development
...nal energy intake so predisposing an individual to diabetes or raised blood pressure later in life. Also in th...rn, and may increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes in later life.......the strong correlation between excess body fat and diabetes have been puzzling researchers. Scientists at the ...shed in the April issue of Cell Metabolism. Type 2 diabetes is a complex disease characterized by the body's inability to efficiently utilize sugar. Two stages ...Precise timing enabled pig-to-rat transplants to cure diabetes
...ancreatic primordia into diabetic rats cures their diabetes permanently without the need for immune suppression. The pig primordia are transplanted into the omentum, a membrane that envelopes the intestines and other digestive organs. When the primordia mature, they replace the missing rat insulin with pig in...PNAS highlights for the week of May 16 - 20
... to treat diabetes. Cell replacement therapies for diabetes have been hindered by the limited availability of ... may lead to therapies that allow individuals with diabetes to be the donors of their own insulin-producing tissues. Virus Emergence in African Bushmeat Hunter...Hydroxycitric acid slows glucose uptake, cuts insulin peaks/valleys a la South Beach Diet
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...m 2 to 56, who had spinal cord injuries, juvenile diabetes and the genetic disease "congenital hypogamma-globulinemia." From the 185 donated oocytes, endowed with the genetic material from a different person (or in one case, the same person), the researchers report development of 31 hollow balls of cells ca...Double triumph in stem cell quest
...for treating many diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and Parkinson's, non-matching ESCs would be rejected by patients' immune systems unless they take immunosuppressant drugs. This is why many stem cell researchers are trying to create ESCs that are identical to people's own cells. Last year Woo Suk H...Joslin Diabetes Center scientists find 'brown fat cells' hold clues for possible obesity treatments
...been implicated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes and also raises the risk for heart disease, stroke and cancer. The Joslin team studied "knockout" cell lines of brown preadipocytes that lacked insulin receptor substrates (IRS) numbered 1 through 4, which are the first steps in insulin signaling in...Resistance training benefits older Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes
With diabetes rates more than doubling in the past 20 years and ...damaging effects of the illness. While adults with diabetes are often told to lose weight to benefit their health, new information from researchers at the Jean ...UCLA physiologist elected to prestigious British Royal Society
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...total U.S. population, with a higher prevalence of diabetes and a shorter life expectancy. The study also revealed higher rates of some preoperative risk factors among American Indians compared with Caucasians. These findings confirm previous reports that nearly twice as many older American Indians as Cauc......org/article.php?id=22954 AUTOIMMUNITY The Type 1 diabetes - T cell link Autoimmune diabetes is a progressive disease that begins with mild symptoms and becomes more severe with destruction of ...