Entrepreneur, wife give $44 million to UM for diabetes study
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. The founder of an information technology company and his wife are giving 44 (M) million dollars to the University of Michigan.
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but motivated - adults willing to give up pizza and other bad carbs for the next year and a half. Researchers at Children&#39;s Hospital in Boston are launching what they say will
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Scientists at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have induced human insulin-producing cells of the pancreas to revert to islet precursor cells.
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One out of every eight U.S. federal health care dollars is spent treating people with diabetes, a study found, and advocates are calling for the creation of a government post to oversee coordination of spending on treatment and prevention among federal agencies.
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A drug used to treat diabetes also seems to prevent it in people at high risk of developing the disease, the largest study ever to test this has found.
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A surprise finding in a major federal study calls into question a long-held tenet of diabetes care.
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Genizon, a Canadian biotech company, gets an infusion of cash to develop personalized medicine for metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.
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Swiss drug giant Novartis SA said yesterday it is spending $4 million to fund scientists performing diabetes research at Harvard University, the Massachusetts
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Researchers have found individual cells in the pancreas of adult mice that are capable of producing insulin, a discovery that might lead to a cure for diabetes.
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By David Ranii, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 10--More than 2 1/2 years after the nonprofit Golden LEAF Foundation agreed to invest $30 million in a venture capital fund with local ties, that fund has yet to invest any money in a North Carolina business.
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The search to find an effective drug to fight malaria received a huge financial boost today with a donation of $42.6 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Dee Sonderquist Brehm, a diabetic, and her husband, Bill Brehm, have given the University of Michigan Health System $44 million to study the disease.
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NEW YORK  - By 2050, 12 percent of US   citizens will have diabetes, a total of 48.3 million people,   federal health officials from the Centers for Disease Control   and Prevention in Atlanta estimate.
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The medical school will use the money for research into and treatment of obesity, diabetes, cancer and the diseases of aging, especially Alzheimerâs.
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Medical researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could lead to new treatments for diabetes.
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Scientists at Washington University have transplanted embryonic pig pancreatic cells into diabetic monkeys, which could have major implications for the treatment of diabetes in humans.
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Middlesea Valletta Life recently presented a sponsorship to the Maltese Diabetes Association.