Ah, the pancreas. That organ behind the stomach that’s always been the target of angst and anger for us PWDs (people with diabetes). We bemoan why it went on permanent vacation and daydream about kick-starting it…
But all of our complaining might be for naught. Turns out there might be an even bigger, badder enemy of healthy blood sugars: the thymus!
… the who??
Let me tell you a little about this other gland:
The…
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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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By
AmyT on
January 14, 2011
The somewhat tenuous division between people with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes has always existed, but it’s been more in the public eye lately after being discovered by mainstream media (see the November Chicago Tribune article, ‘Diabetes’ Civil War‘). Just last week, the Globe and Mail published an article on whether or not type 1 diabetes should be renamed to distinguish it from type 2.
We thought it would be nice to ask…
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