Rap1 controls the body’s sugar levels from the brain, regulating it may help manage diabetes
One day, people might be able to control diabetes from the brain.
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Diabetes
Gene Rev-erb in the brain sets the rhythm of the liver’s response to insulin
The findings support that an altered daily rhythm of expression of the Rev-erb gene in the brain may underlie dawn phenomenon in diabetes.
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Optimizing precision medicine in diabetes treatment
What is precision diabetes medicine, and how can it reduce the worldwide burden of diabetes and its costs?
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From the Labs top five most viewed posts of 2020
During 2020, research news on COVID-19 led the headlines, but significant contributions emerged in other fields as well.
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Unique sugar-sensing neurons work together to prevent severe hypoglycemia in mice.
Keeping blood sugar in balance can be a challenge, especially for people with type 1 diabetes who rely on intensive insulin therapy to prevent blood
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Image of the Month: Islet of Langerhans
Cells of the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas help regulate blood sugar. Disrupting their normal function can contribute to the development of diabetes. The
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Early postnatal overnutrition sets the body on a fast track to aging
Overnutrition during early infancy can have adverse health consequences later in life. Although researchers have known this for quite some time, the explanations have been
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The high costs of diabetes medications
You can do a lot of things with $1,700 – buy a high-end MacBook with all of the bells and whistles, go on a shopping
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A second chance at life: Discovering an alternative to diabetic foot amputation
In March 2018, Pedro Zapata, his wife Yolanda, and their daughter Claudia Lara traveled to Houston from their home in Diboll, Texas. The 72-year-old former
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Teen’s inspiration becomes solution for others living with diabetes
“You can’t make something out of nothing,” is a popular phrase you’ve probably heard many times. But one enterprising teen found that he could turn
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