Medicine/Drugs
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Research
New predictors are a lifeline for families living with Type 1 Diabetes
Combining genetic testing with existing NIH TrialNet procedures has shown very positive initial results in predicting T1D.*
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Hypoglycemia
Harnessing Hypos: Glucagon As An Everyday Tool
Controlling blood glucose like a normal pancreas does, using insulin and glucagon in tandem, is the aim of a San…
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Hypoglycemia
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Cure Insight
ADA Scientific Sessions 2013: A Pause Before The “Next Big Thing”
Every year since 1940, the American Diabetes Association has brought doctors, researchers, clinicians, and industry together for an annual event…
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Medicine/Drugs
Type 2 Insulin Therapy: Wherever You Go, V-Go
Among all the nations where diabetes is a serious health concern, the United States is an outlier when it comes…
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Medicine/Drugs
Incretins Under Siege? Don’t Jump To Conclusions
Safety concerns and potential side-effects accompany almost every drug used by consumers, and diabetes is no exception. Are Byetta, Victoza,…
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Hypoglycemia
Faster Insulin: Extracellular Action
Want your bolus insulin to arrive faster and leave sooner? Halozyme Therapeutics has good news for you.
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Cure Insight
Four-Legged Islet Factories: The Pigs of Auckland Island
A herd of pigs from a remote island in the south Pacific Ocean hold the promise of a virtually endless…
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Living
Taking A Bite Out Of Carbohydrates
A chewable tablet that reduces the amount of glucose released in your body after meals, with no significant side effects,…
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Cure Insight
A Type 1 Triple Play
What if we could forecast which people would suffer from Type 1 diabetes years before it happened?
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Living
Trash Into Treasure? The Afterlife of Insulin and Test Strips
Why focus on a disease for which there is no cure, when there are no resources available to treat it?…
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Cure Insight
Mending Metabolism
Bariatric surgery early in the course of a patient’s diabetes is far more likely to produce remission, and sustained improvements…
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Medicine/Drugs
Insulin Pills Move Closer To Reality
Our digestive system is marvelously effective at breaking food down into its molecular components. Getting a group of active insulin…
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Cure Insight
The Hygiene Hypothesis: Too Clean for Our Own Good?
The tiny eggs of pig whipworms may be key in slowing down Type 1 diabetes, and preventing it altogether in…
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Treatment
Inhalable Insulin — A Breathtaking Development
AFREZZA is a technology-cum-therapy that delivers bolus insulin for mealtime glycemic control. It combines a small inhaler with an aspirin-size…
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Cure Insight
Small Wonders On A Cellular Battlefield
“We’re exploring using materials that release, slowly, low amounts of drugs at the implant site for many years. Instead of…
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Cure Insight
A Safe House for Islets
“The BioHub is a localized micro-environment,” said Ricordi. “It is a quantum leap in cell therapy to replace insulin-producing cells…
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Cure Insight
Games Cells Play: Protecting Islet Transplants
"It's a lot like shrink wrapping," said Dr. Alice Tomei of the islet cell encapsulation technique she uses. This "conformal…
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Cure Insight
Operating On Diabetes
Bariatric Surgeries Can Cure Type 2 Diabetes. But They're No Free Lunch.
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Living
