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Scientists develop Australia's first pluripotent stem cell lines using skin biopsies for FA disease

Scientists have developed Australia's first adult induced pluripotent stem cell lines using skin biopsies from patients with the rare genetic disease Friedreich Ataxia.

14 Jan 2011

Higher number of daily steps prevents obesity and reduces risk of diabetes

Simply taking more steps every day not only helps ward off obesity but also reduces the risk of diabetes, finds a study published on bmj.com today.

14 Jan 2011

Gut bacteria may play a role in weight loss and gastrointestinal problems: New research

If you are looking to lose weight in the coming year, you may need help from an unexpected place: the bacteria in your gut. That's because scientists have discovered that the bacteria living in your intestines may play a far more significant role in weight loss and gastrointestinal problems than ever imagined.

14 Jan 2011

New study finds prevalence of hypertension in older Mexican-Americans

A new study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston reveals that the prevalence of hypertension in older Mexican-Americans living in the Southwest region of the United States has increased slightly in the last decade.

14 Jan 2011

Cataloguing microbes in gut could lead to cause of necrotizing enterocolitis

Scientists have for the first time sequenced and reconstructed the genomes of most of the microbes in the gut of a premature newborn and documented how the microbe populations changed over time.

14 Jan 2011

Researchers discover molecular mechanism behind coffee's protective effect

Coffee, that morning elixir, may give us an early jump-start to the day, but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against type 2 diabetes. Yet no one has really understood why.

14 Jan 2011

12-HETE enzyme inhibition can prevent ischemic retinopathy: Study

The inhibition or removal of an enzyme may prevent or treat ischemic retinopathy by stalling growth of unwanted vessels in the retina, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.

14 Jan 2011

Family physicians often uncomfortable in discussing IUDs with patients

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) for contraception are safe and effective, but only a small fraction of women in the United States use them.

13 Jan 2011

NEJM releases findings about behavioral impact of personal genetic testing

Navigenics, a leading personal genomics company, announced today that The New England Journal of Medicine has published findings from the Scripps Genomic Health Initiative, a research study sponsored by Scripps Translational Science Institute to assess the behavioral impact of personal genetic testing.

13 Jan 2011

Exposure to room light prior to bedtime suppresses melatonin levels, increases cancer and diabetes risk: Study

According to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, exposure to electrical light between dusk and bedtime strongly suppresses melatonin levels and may impact physiologic processes regulated by melatonin signaling, such as sleepiness, thermoregulation, blood pressure and glucose homeostasis.

13 Jan 2011

Sanofi-aventis, UCSF announce research and development collaborations

Sanofi-aventis and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced today that they have formed two research and development collaborations that join together leaders from academia and industry to more rapidly advance groundbreaking innovation from the lab to the patient.

13 Jan 2011

Personal genetic tests have promising effects on consumers

New findings from a landmark research study led by Scripps Health and the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) reveal that personal genetic tests have some promising effects on consumers who choose to undergo the screenings. STSI is an initiative of Scripps Health in collaboration with The Scripps Research Institute.

13 Jan 2011

BP-lowering medications provide long-term benefit of reducing death risk from cardiovascular disease

In a study published in December 2010, in Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association, investigators have shown that early treatment with blood pressure-lowering medications provides a long-term benefit of reducing the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

13 Jan 2011

Largest long-term examination of children's health and development in the US

The National Children's Study (NCS) has begun inviting women in San Diego to participate in the largest long-term examination of children's health and development ever conducted in the United States.

13 Jan 2011

NIH awards VistaGen and NuPotential $500,000 grant to advance iPS stem cell technology

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. and NuPotential, Inc. today announced that the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded to the companies a grant of approximately $500,000 to accelerate development of novel and safer approaches to generate patient-specific induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells for regenerative medicine, drug discovery and drug rescue.

13 Jan 2011

Genomic research could help doctors better target oxaliplatin drug to treat colorectal cancer patients: Study

Genomic research could help doctors better target a drug widely used to treat colorectal cancer patients, according to a study by Genomic Health Inc. and the Translational Genomics Research Institute.

13 Jan 2011

FibroGen initiates FG-3019 open-label phase 2 study in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

FibroGen, Inc. today announced initiation of an open-label phase 2 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of FG-3019, a human monoclonal antibody against connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), in individuals with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic, progressive, fatal lung disease for which there are no FDA-approved therapies.

13 Jan 2011

BIDMC scientist wins 2011 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for cancer research

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center cancer geneticist Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2011 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR (American Association of Cancer Research) International Award for Cancer Research.

13 Jan 2011

Study highlights important clinical implications of miR-503 in diabetes-associated vascular complications

New research has found one of the smallest entities in the human genome, micro-RNA, could increase the risk of limb amputation in diabetic patients who have poor blood flow.

13 Jan 2011

Obesity in children today may contribute to 2-5 year decline in life expectancy

For the first time in history, the next generation will not live longer, or even as long, as their parents. "Diseases such as Type II diabetes, high blood pressure, heart conditions and joint deterioration - what were once considered 'adult' diseases - are regularly being diagnosed in children, due to the prevalence of obesity," said Jessica Bartfield, MD, internal medicine and medical weight-loss specialist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of the Loyola University Health System.

13 Jan 2011

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Scientists develop Australia's first pluripotent stem cell lines using skin biopsies for FA disease

Higher number of daily steps prevents obesity and reduces risk of diabetes

Gut bacteria may play a role in weight loss and gastrointestinal problems: New research

New study finds prevalence of hypertension in older Mexican-Americans

Cataloguing microbes in gut could lead to cause of necrotizing enterocolitis

Researchers discover molecular mechanism behind coffee's protective effect

12-HETE enzyme inhibition can prevent ischemic retinopathy: Study

Family physicians often uncomfortable in discussing IUDs with patients

NEJM releases findings about behavioral impact of personal genetic testing

Exposure to room light prior to bedtime suppresses melatonin levels, increases cancer and diabetes risk: Study

Sanofi-aventis, UCSF announce research and development collaborations

Personal genetic tests have promising effects on consumers

BP-lowering medications provide long-term benefit of reducing death risk from cardiovascular disease

Largest long-term examination of children's health and development in the US

NIH awards VistaGen and NuPotential $500,000 grant to advance iPS stem cell technology

Genomic research could help doctors better target oxaliplatin drug to treat colorectal cancer patients: Study

FibroGen initiates FG-3019 open-label phase 2 study in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BIDMC scientist wins 2011 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for cancer research

Study highlights important clinical implications of miR-503 in diabetes-associated vascular complications

Obesity in children today may contribute to 2-5 year decline in life expectancy

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