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Researchers explain the cause of autoimmunity in patients with type 1 diab
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas makes little or no insulin. The details of the events that occur during autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta-cells have been studied extensively yet the mystery of what causes a
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Study reveals connection between diabetes, urinary tract infections
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Diabetes is associated with lowered immunity and recurring infections. The immune system of people with diabetes has lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide psoriasin, which compromises the urinary bladder's cell barrier, increasing the risk of urinary
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Study: Hypertension in people features debilitating headaches, sight loss
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], September 9 (ANI): Patients suffering from a type of elevated brain pressure may have their disease recognised earlier thanks to new biochemical clues, according to new research.
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Terumo India introduces FineGlide - Sterile Pen Needle for patients requir
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Terumo India, the Indian arm of Terumo Corporation (TSE: 4543), a global leader in medical technology, today announced the launch of FineGlide®, Sterile Pen Needle for patients requiring regular insulin injections or other self-me
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Study finds inadequacies in insulin production lead to obesity
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Basel [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): Obesity increases the chance of a sugar metabolism imbalance and potentially diabetes. A study group at the University of Basel has recently demonstrated that the contrary is also true: inadequacies in the body's insulin production contribute to obesit
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Study reveals that arterial stiffness increases blood pressure in adolesce
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kuopio [Finland], September 4 (ANI): In the young population, arterial stiffness, a new risk factor for hypertension, raises blood pressure indirectly through an increase in insulin resistance but not through an increase in body fat.
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Research for developing oral insulin tablets witnesses breakthrough result
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): Researchers working on developing oral insulin tablets as a replacement for daily insulin injections have made a game-changing discovery. The researchers have discovered that insulin from the latest version of their oral tablets is absorbed by rats in the
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Design averts increase of scar tissue around medical implants
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], August 6 (ANI): Implantable insulin-releasing devices show potential as an alternate method of treating diabetes without insulin injections or cannula insertions. However, one barrier that has precluded their usage so far is that the immune system attacks them after implanta
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Study reveals ideas about relationship among diabetes, fat and cardiovascu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): A team of scientists describe a series of studies designed to determine the relationship among insulin, fats and the vascular system and identified a new pathway in which the cells lining the blood vessels - called endothelial cells - drive the body's metabol
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Study discovers therapeutic target for patients with type 2 diabetes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a therapeutic target for the preservation and regeneration of beta cells ( cells), the cells in the pancreas that produce and distribute insulin. This finding could be a game-changer for patients with type 2 diabetes. The discovery
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Mere sight of meal triggers an inflammatory response in brain
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): Even before carbohydrates reach the bloodstream, the very sight and smell of a meal trigger the release of insulin. For the first time, researchers have shown that this insulin release depends on a short-term inflammatory response that takes place in these circ
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Researchers suggests focus on beta cells instead of immune system could be
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): A recent research by a group of scientists discovered that the causes of type 1 diabetes focus more on the autoimmune response, where the immune system destroys pancreatic islet beta cells which help to produce insulin in the body.
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