News tagged with beta levels
Lead blood levels may increase smokers' risk for kidney cancer
Higher than normal levels of lead in the blood may signal a risk two times higher than average of developing renal cell carcinoma in smokers, according to medical researchers.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Stem cell therapy reverses diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body's own immune system attacking its pancreatic islet beta cells and requires daily injections of insulin to regulate the patient's blood glucose levels. A new method described in BioMed ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Can proteins in the blood predict an early death?
Certain measures of kidney health may predict who is likely to die prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The findings suggest that some mar ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Molecular link between diabetes and cancer described
Developing type 2 diabetes is a lengthy process. An early sign that it has begun is high levels of insulin in the blood. As long as the insulin-producing beta cells are able to compensate for the increased demand, for example ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Researchers unravel biochemical factor important in tumor metastasis
A protein called "fascin" appears to play a critical transformation role in TGF beta mediated tumor metastasis, say researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., who published a study in a recent issue of the Journal of ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Researchers discover new molecular target for diabetes treatment
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a key molecular pathway responsible for the natural decrease in the proliferation of insulin-producing cells that occurs as a person ages. Artificially ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Neural stem cell transplant may tackle diabetes
Researchers in Japan have discovered how a patient's neural stem cells could be used as an alternative source of the beta cells needed for a regenerative treatment for diabetes. The research, published in EMBO Molecular Me ...
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Marker for Alzheimer's disease rises during day and falls with sleep
A marker for Alzheimer's disease rises and falls in the spinal fluid in a daily pattern that echoes the sleep cycle, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Scientists use uterine stem cells to treat diabetes
Controlling diabetes may someday involve mining stem cells from the lining of the uterus, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in the journal Molecular Therapy. The team treate ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Key signal that prompts production of insulin-producing beta cells points way toward diabetes cure
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have identified the key signal that prompts production of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas -- a breakthrough discovery that may ultimately help ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Diabetes vaccine stumbles at second hurdle
An experimental vaccine to prevent progression of Type 1 diabetes failed at the second step of the three-phase trial process, doctors said on Monday in a study reported online by The Lancet.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Mystery ingredient in coffee boosts protection against Alzheimer's disease
A yet unidentified component of coffee interacts with the beverage's caffeine, which could be a surprising reason why daily coffee intake protects against Alzheimer's disease. A new Alzheimer's mouse study by researchers ...
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Gene therapy reverses type 1 diabetes in mice
An experimental cure for Type 1 diabetes has a nearly 80 percent success rate in curing diabetic mice. The results, to be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston, offer possible hope of ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Cells talk more in areas Alzheimer's hits first, boosting plaque component
(Medical Xpress) -- Higher levels of cell chatter boost amyloid beta in the brain regions that Alzheimer’s hits first, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. Amyloid ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 02, 2011 |
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Researchers discover mechanism that could convert certain cells into insulin-making cells
Simply put, people develop diabetes because they don't have enough pancreatic beta cells to produce the insulin necessary to regulate their blood sugar levels.
Apr 29, 2011 |
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