In the search for better ways to treat diabetes, researchers at the University of Geneva have uncovered a promising new approach that could reshape how this disease is managed. At the center of their ...

Scientists have unearthed surprising details about how our bodies handle insulin—the hormone that plays a crucial role in regulating blood sugar and developing diabetes. The discovery could lead to ...

In January 1922, Leonard Thompson was a teenager dying of diabetes in a Toronto hospital. There was no cure for diabetes, and most adolescents succumbed to the disease within a year of diagnosis.

Before the discovery of insulin, a diagnosis of diabetes was almost a death sentence. Physicians could do little more than prescribe starvation diets to prolong life by a few months. The true cause of ...

UAB researchers have identified Tomosyn 2 as a key protein that balances insulin secretion and pancreatic beta cell growth, ...

Researchers evaluated an allogeneic umbilical cord cell therapy in T1DM. A single dose provided durable insulin preservation, ...

Why, nearly 100 years after the discovery of insulin, are no low-priced generic versions available? The complicated answer to that question is explored in a special article published in the March 19 ...

Disease-modifying therapies for type 1 diabetes are beginning to move care beyond insulin replacement by targeting immune ...

The discovery of insulin nearly a century ago changed diabetes from a death sentence to a chronic disease. This week, a team that includes researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of ...

AMES, Iowa – Medication can help trigger the enzyme that kick starts insulin production in the body, but the drugs don’t always work for those who are obese or diabetic, and most need to regulate ...

Researchers reveal unprecedented insights into insulin resistance that could pave the way for better treatments and earlier detection of type 2 diabetes. Scientists have unearthed surprising details ...