Diabetes research news (and anything involving lab mice) can sometimes make our eyes gloss over, as it seems we’re hearing about some new scientific “breakthrough” every other day.
But we took a little more interest recently when hearing about a new line of D-research that seems to have a Star Trek spin to it!
Yup, apparently this research is exploring how our insulin-producing cells basically put on a Romulan cloaking device to hide from diabetes!…
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Hey everyone! Happy Saturday! Welcome once again to our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine, with your host Wil Dubois veteran type 1, author and clinical diabetes educator. Today Wil’s tackling sources of quick-acting carbs in case of lows, and whether a certain (acne!) medication is connected to causing diabetes. Great questions, all!
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Larry, type 3 from Virginia, writes: My type 1 daughter is 14 years…
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We were familiar with the company ViaCyte through its former identity as NovoCell, when we reported that they’d managed to successfully control diabetes in mice using embryonic stem cells back in 2008.
Last year, they changed their name, but their two-part mission remained the same: first, to create fully functioning beta cells (the specific kind of islet cells that make insulin and amylin) from embryonic stem cells, and then to find a way to combat…
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AmyT on
November 29, 2010
Did you know that more people are diagnosed with diabetes in the colder months of the year? Also, type 1 diabetes is more common in European countries than in African or South American countries. And Finland has the highest rate of type 1 diabetes in the world. What do these things have in common? Yes, it seems there’s a connection between diabetes and cold weather!
Would you believe that in the book Survival of the…
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