Vaccine may prevent onset of diabetes
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A vaccine that could be a cure for type I diabetes is to be tested on people for the first time. British researchers in conjunction with the Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre in Melbourne will conduct the trial from early next year.
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An experimental vaccine against one strain of the human papilloma virus blocked most infections by the virus and, more important, prevented development of a precursor of cervical cancer caused by the virus, researchers said Monday.
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NEW YORK  - For people with type 2 diabetes and moderately elevated blood glucose levels, the medication vildagliptin, sold under the brand name Galvus, can produce long-term improvements in the functioning of the insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas along with better glucose control, researchers report.
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Scientists say it may be possible to use a breath test to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes.
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Millions of adults at high risk of diabetes could ward off the disease by taking a drug commonly used to treat it, according to the largest diabetes prevention study yet conducted.
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Nerve cells in the pancreas may be a cause of type-1 diabetes in mice -- a finding that could provide new ways to treat the disease in humans, Canadian and U.S. scientists said on Friday.
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The world's first cervical cancer   vaccine may give wider protection against the killer disease   than previously thought, researchers said on Sunday.
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NEW YORK  - For people with type 2  diabetes, taking an inhaled form of insulin before meals and a  single daily injection of long-acting insulin provides blood  sugar control comparable to that of a conventional  all-injection insulin regimen, researchers report.
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The largest diabetes-prevention study ever done has found that a drug already used to treat the disease can also help keep "pre-diabetics" from developing it. But many experts said losing weight and exercising remain a safer, cheaper approach.
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GlaxoSmithKline's cervical cancer vaccine gets a positive recommendation.
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The first human trials of a vaccine against Type 1 diabetes were &quot;very exciting,&quot; according to a researcher. The vaccine, which was developed over the last 10 years, will be tested on human subjects starting next August.
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A cure for Type 1 diabetes could be only ten years away if trials of a new vaccine to combat the disease succeeds. A team of British researchers at the University of Bristol and King&#39;s College London plan
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A vaccine developed to protect woman from a virus responsible for most cervical cancer cases has shown promising results in clinical trials.
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NEW YORK  - Vaccination with the DNA of substances that trigger allergies, using a &quot;gene gun,&quot; can prevent the over-production of the type of antibodies that cause allergic symptoms, experiments in mice show.
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For people with type 2 diabetes  and moderately elevated blood glucose levels, the medication  vildagliptin, sold under the brand name Galvus, can produce  long-term improvements in the functioning of the  insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas along with better  glucose control, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - A daily dose of vitamin E may help delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk of the disease, preliminary research suggests.
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Keeping a healthy weight may help people live longer by limiting insulin exposure in the brain, US scientists say.