Researchers reverse diabetes in mice
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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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Scientists have found a gene variant that may be responsible for 20 percent of type 2 diabetes cases. Wake Forest University researchers have pinpointed the gene called PTPN1.
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A breakthrough study in mice points the way to reversing symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome   -  and gives hope for treating other  autistic disorders
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Only some forms of carbohydrates are the true enemy in the battle of the bulge, researchers reported last week. Mice primarily fed carbohydrates that are low in sugar or are broken down slowly lose drastically
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A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years
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A team of UK scientists is set to test a new vaccine that could represent a cure for type I diabetes, the most serious form of the condition which usually affects the under 40&#39;s.
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Scientists in Japan have identified a molecule responsible for making mammals feel full, a discovery that could lead to new ways to treat obesity in humans.
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British researchers have raised hopes for a potential cure for patients in the early stages of Type 1 diabetes as a human trial begins.
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Wake Forest University scientists have identified a gene that may be responsible for up to 20 percent of type 2 diabetes cases. Pinpointing the PTPN1 gene could help researchers develop new therapies and provide
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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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In a large-scale test, transplanted   pancreas cells eliminated the need for insulin in some diabetes   patients, but for many the benefit was short-lived.
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Discovery will speed research into incurable diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's, and bring closer the mass production of body tissue to replace that damaged by disease.
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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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BALTIMORE -- British researchers have begun human trials to investigate a vaccine that could possibly cure type 1 diabetes. Meanwhile, overindulging in food during the holiday season can pose dangerous health risks for type 2 diabetics.
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Researchers at Stanford University in California have been able to reverse incurable liver tumors in mice by switching off the cancer-causing gene.
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Scientists have taken an important step towards a new way of treating disease by switching off key genes.
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Drugmakers are working on experimental diabetes drugs using a novel mechanism to help flush excess blood sugar out of the body, according to results of small studies presented at a medical meeting on Sunday.