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Study: Gut microbiota regulates abdominal functions
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that gut microbes can regulate the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas and hormone production of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Gut microbiota regulates abdominal functions, finds study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Maastricht [Netherlands], April 14 (ANI): Gut microbes can regulate the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas and hormone production of the gastrointestinal tract, suggested a new study's findings that may help develop potential treatments for diabetes and other diseases.
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Flexibility in peptides may be more effective to treat diabetes: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Madison [US], December 23 (ANI): According to a new research, peptides could be more effective to treat diabetes if they were more flexible and could move back and forth between different shapes.
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Study uncovers how injury to pancreas impacts formation of cancer
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nashville (Tennessee) [US], October 29 (ANI): Pioneering research from scientists at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have shown that acinar cells in the pancreas form new cell types to mitigate injury but are then susc
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Researchers shed light on identical mutations that cause different types o
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], July 24 (ANI): Cells originating from different organs are differentially susceptible to activating mutations in cancer drivers and the same mutation in precursor cells of the pancreas or the bile duct leads to fundamentally different outcomes, according to a recent stu
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Researchers demonstrate why different types of cancer are caused by identi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], July 19 (ANI): During a new study, researchers demonstrated that cells originating from different organs are differentially susceptible to activating mutations in cancer drivers. The same mutation in precursor cells of the pancreas or the bile duct leads to fundamentall
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Do you know - Excess weight can increase the risk of Cancer?
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI/Mediawire): The death trap Obesity is responsible for 20 per cent of cancer deaths in women and 14 per cent in men. The death rate increases 10 per cent for every 5 unit increase in BMI (Body Mass Index). 40 per cent of the cancers diagnosed since 2014 ar
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Study suggests lower mortality with larger case volumes in pancreatic surg
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], October 10 (ANI): A positive correlation can be inferred between the volume of services and the quality of treatment results: In hospitals with larger case volumes, the survival probabilities for patients are higher overall, fewer fatal complications occur and hospital stay
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Skilled team and technology makes transplants efficient at Manipal Hospita
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] March 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): It is no longer a death sentence for patients with both kidneys and liver or kidneys and pancreas failure. A dual transplant is possible, and the patient can resume a near-normal life.
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Type 1 diabetes may shorten women's lives by 18 years
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 11(ANI): Women with type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, die an average of nearly 18 years earlier than women who do not have diabetes.
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MAHE researchers discover biomolecules preventing insulin effects on blood
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Manipal (Karnataka) [India], Aug 7 (BusinessWire India): Insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas, plays an important role in stimulating the muscle, fat, and liver cells to consume glucose and produce energy. In addition to this, insulin also carries out specialised functions in cells su
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Goa CM back in action
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji, (Goa) [India] June 15 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar resumed office on Friday after returning from the United States, where he was undergoing treatment for a pancreatic ailment.
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