Mitochondria and diabetes: a new track to understand the disease
A study highlights a new mechanism linking mitochondria, the energy power plants of our cells, to the dysfunctions of insulin ...
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In Lyon, an innovative transplant for patients with type 1 diabetes
At the Edouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, surgeons carried out a simultaneous kidney and pancreatic islet transplant, which contains insulin-producing ...
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Diabetes: soon a pill that reprograms insulin production?
Researchers have discovered that a drug called harmine, in pill form, can cure diabetes by increasing the production of certain ...
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Diabetes: what is the link between sleep and blood sugar?
Brain waves associated with deep sleep play a role in the body's sensitivity to insulin. Management of type 2 diabetes ...
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Type 1 diabetes: a reprogrammed stem cell transplant reverses its disease
Less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells, a twenty-year-old began producing her own insulin. THE ...
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Diabetes: New treatment could reverse the disease
A new treatment tested in diabetic mice has regenerated insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, which are essential for regulating blood ...
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Cancer: How does it affect blood sugar?
The risk of insulin resistance increases in the presence of cancer, which can accelerate disease progression. THE ESSENTIAL Cancer patients ...
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Diabetes: inhaling insulin instead of injecting it could change the lives of patients
Insulin inhalers, which offer a non-invasive alternative to diabetic patients, could improve their therapeutic adherence and therefore results. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Type 1 diabetes: transgenic cows produce milk rich in human insulin
Thanks to genetic modification of cow embryos, the mammal can produce human insulin in its milk. This could make it ...
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Insulin: are nuts the ideal food?
A recent study demonstrates that consuming mixed nuts may have beneficial effects on brain insulin sensitivity in older adults who ...
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Childhood diabetes: can fruits, vegetables and berries be beneficial?
Diet plays an important role in the development of type 1 diabetes in children: a recent study explores the impact ...
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Diabetes: insulin is less sensitive to temperature than previously thought
Injection insulin, used by diabetic patients, can be stored at room temperature for months without losing its effectiveness. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Pancreatic cancer: high insulin levels to blame?
Canadian scientists explain how high levels of insulin overstimulate the acinar cells of the pancreas, which produce digestive juices. THE ...
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Type 1 diabetes: an existing drug could treat the disease
An American study observed that the drug DFMO, already indicated for other pathologies, stabilizes insulin levels in patients with type ...
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Menstrual cycle: researchers explain why women are hungrier before their period
The brain's sensitivity to insulin could be modulated by the menstrual cycle in women. THE ESSENTIAL Women's brains were more ...
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Diabetes: music to better release insulin?
Swiss researchers have developed cells capable of releasing insulin when certain music is played. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers had the idea ...
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Diabetes: injecting insulin once a week would be more effective
Scientists have found that weekly insulin injections better regulate type 2 diabetes. THE ESSENTIAL Insulin injections are usually done daily ...
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Diabetes: how sleep regulates blood sugar
The brain waves associated with deep sleep regulate the body's sensitivity to insulin. Sleep could be integrated into the management ...
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Type 2 diabetes: what if insulin injections became weekly rather than daily?
© shutterstockIn 2020, L'Assurance Maladie estimated that around 3.5 million people in France benefited from treatment for diabetes. With regard ...
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How does cancer affect blood sugar?
Researchers have found that cancer increases the risk of insulin resistance. This can accelerate the progression of the disease. THE ...
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Diabetes: soon an oral herbal insulin?
Researchers have developed a plant-based insulin that can regulate blood sugar levels in diabetics. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers have developed a ...
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Type 1 diabetes: teplizumab authorized in the United States
The United States has approved the world's first drug that can delay insulin dependence in people with type 1 diabetes. ...
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Sport: here is the best time of the day to melt fat
Depending on the time of day, the effects of exercise on blood sugar levels vary. However, the practice of physical ...
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Diabetes: Brown bears may hold the secret to beating the disease
By feeding hibernating grizzly bears with honey, American researchers discovered that they were able to control their insulin, a hormone ...
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Type 1 diabetes: soon a drug to replace the insulin shot?
A team of Canadian researchers has observed that taking oral insulin tablets may be as effective as a rapid injection ...
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Diabetes: high doses of insulin increase the risk of cancer
Researchers link type 1 diabetes patients receiving high daily insulin doses to an increased risk of cancer. THE ESSENTIAL New ...
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Type 2 diabetes: an innovative treatment to act on the causes of the disease
Developed by an international research team, the drug makes it possible to act in particular on insulin resistance. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Alzheimer’s: towards a new insulin treatment?
© ThinkstockIn France, Alzheimer's disease affects 5% of the population over 65 years old. And from the age of 85, ...
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Type 1 diabetes: a transplant of insulin-producing cells without risk of rejection
American researchers have managed to transplant pancreatic cells capable of producing insulin without the risk of being rejected by the ...
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This new bread improves cholesterol levels and insulin sensitivity
A new multifiber bread is able to modulate the composition of the intestinal microbiota. THE ESSENTIAL Doctors call "cardiometabolic risk" ...
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