18-12-2012

People at risk for Type 1 diabetes may have fewer insulin-producing “beta” cells than people not at risk, a finding that could help researchers shed light on what causes the disease, a new University of Florida study shows. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical ...

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11-07-2011

Research from Karolinska Institutet shows that insulin secretion in the pancreas is not under direct neural control, as has previously been thought. The few nerves that are present are connected to blood vessels, not to gland cells.Thanks to the secretion of the correct amount of insulin and ...

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22-10-2010

A new study led by Ohio State University cancer researchers describes a novel cancer-specific protein that is present in a broad range of cancer types and at all stages of tumor development, from premalignant cells to metastatic tumor cells. If verified, the antigen could serve as a marker ...

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Three receive $1.5 million innovator awards

05-10-2010

Three Cornell faculty members have received National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Awards, which includes $1.5 million over five years to stimulate innovative research and support promising new investigators who are studying biomedical or behavioral research conditions. They ...

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28-06-2010

The cause of diabetes during pregnancy is directly controlled by serotonin, a chemical produced by the body and normally known as a neurotransmitter, and is influenced by the amount of protein in the mother's diet early in pregnancy, according to new findings of an international team led by ...

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21-06-2010

A new consensus statement of experts assembled by the American Diabetes Association and the American Cancer Society reviews emerging evidence that suggests cancer incidence is associated with diabetes as well as certain diabetes risk factors and treatments. The new report reviews the state of ...

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09-06-2010

University of Florida researchers have identified a protein that affects how much insulin the body produces in people with a hereditary form of diabetes. Called maturity onset diabetes of the young, or MODY, the disease can be difficult to detect and is sometimes misdiagnosed as the more ...

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02-06-2010

Andromeda Biotech Ltd. announced the initiation of its confirmatory phase III clinical study, DIA-AID 2 using DiaPep277®, Andromeda’s lead product, for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Enrollment of patients has begun in the US as part of a global trial which will be conducted at 100 ...

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01-06-2010

A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows how two types of cell change interact in the development of cancer. The results can improve the chances of early discovery of cancer – including pancreatic cancer. Cancer of the pancreas is a form of cancer that has ...

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31-03-2010

A Brazilian scorpion has provided researchers at North Carolina State University and East Carolina University insight into venom's effects on the ability of certain cells to release critical components. The findings may prove useful in understanding diseases like pancreatitis or in targeted ...

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