Lizard saliva-based scanner detects rare pancreatic tumor
Researchers have developed a new PET scan that uses a substance found in lizard saliva to identify certain pancreatic tumors. ...
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Acute pancreatitis: vitamin B12 identified as a potential treatment
Medications based on vitamin B12 could both prevent acute pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas, but also limit its severity. ...
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Covid-19: Study reveals how infection can cause or worsen diabetes
The COVID-19 virus destroys pancreatic cells that produce insulin, which could explain why some patients develop diabetes after infection, according ...
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These 5 foods we eat every day are bad for the pancreas
© Shutterstock / Viktoriia HnatiukYour pancreas is 15 cm long and is located in the abdomen behind the stomach. This ...
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9 foods bad for the pancreas
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Type 1 diabetes: is the artificial pancreas the solution?
© Shutterstock / Andrey_PopovDiabetes is characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, that is to say an excess of sugar in the blood ...
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Diabetes: this new reimbursed therapy will change the lives of patients
Pancreatic islet transplantation has been recognized as a new therapy for type 1 diabetes by National Health Insurance. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Pancreatic cancer: the list of symptoms that are sometimes overlooked
A study regarding 22 symptoms of pancreatic cancer was published in November 2021. Note that not all of them are ...
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Without pancreas… life is impossible
The pancreas: an unknown gland and yet – in the event of a problem – responsible for dreadful, sometimes fatal ...
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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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Pancreatic cancer: analyzing the stool to detect the disease early
Twenty micro-organisms present in the stool would predict the risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common form of pancreatic ...
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Pancreatic cancer: a molecule kills cancer cells
A molecule, linked to the metabolism of iron, makes it possible to block the growth of metastases in the case ...
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What is pancreatic cancer, which singer Arno suffers from?
Often diagnosed at an advanced stage, pancreatic cancer is associated with a low survival rate in the years following its ...
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Migraines may protect against diabetes
Peptides that cause migraine pain could influence insulin production by regulating the amount of insulin secreted or by increasing the ...
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Pancreatic cancer: an antiparasitic as a future treatment?
Mebendazole, a drug already used, would in particular prevent the appearance of metastases, but it would have a beneficial effect ...
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Diabetes: discovery of a new therapeutic avenue
New breakthrough in diabetes research. Scientists from the Technical University of Munich and the German Research Center have indeed identified ...
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Pancreatic cancer: the solution sought in “survivors” like Judge Ruth Ginsburg, who died 11 years after diagnosis
The prognosis is often very poor in pancreatic cancer and very limited survival. Yet with early diagnosis, chemotherapy and treatment ...
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An artificial pancreas for 3 diabetic patients: a first in France
In Perpignan, three people with diabetes now live with an artificial pancreas. This first in France was carried out by ...
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Type 2 diabetes: a new target for treating it by stimulating insulin production
For the first time, researchers have discovered an enzyme capable of telling pancreatic cells how much insulin to detect. A ...
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Covid-19 could cause diabetes in healthy young patients
Researchers report for the first time the case of a young man, originally in good health, who developed diabetes after ...
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Diabetes: advances in pancreatic cell transplantation
The treatment of severe forms of diabetes requires a pancreatic cell transplant. But these transplanted cells sometimes die quickly. Scientists ...
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Liver, pancreas, stomach: are digestive cancers better treated?
© Shutterstock / Emily frostHow common are digestive cancers?Professor Pierre Michel: More than 5 million French people are taken care ...
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Pancreatic cancer: oral bacteria implicated in the severe form of the disease
The presence of certain oral bacteria in cystic pancreatic tumors may be associated with a more aggressive form of cancer.Rare ...
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Diabetes: researchers create insulin-producing cells
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into mature insulin-producing cells. Eventually, this could cure ...
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Pancreatic cancer: mortality rate has increased across Europe
On this World Pancreatic Cancer Day, the numbers are alarming. Mortality rates increased by 5% between 1990 and 2016 within ...
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Hepatic steatosis: the disease affects several organs
Obesity is a risk factor for many diseases, affecting several organs. The researchers identified a chain reaction.A disease progresses, closely ...
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Towards a blood test to detect pancreatic cancer earlier
Research is advancing in the development of a new test that can quickly detect pancreatic cancer biomarkers in a single ...
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Pancreatic cancer: epigenetics offer new avenues for treatment
Because it is one of the deadliest cancers, pancreatic cancer is the focus of much research. The latest showed that ...
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Pancreatic cancer: new treatment options linked to epigenetics
Because it is one of the deadliest cancers, pancreatic cancer is the focus of much research. The latest showed that ...
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Pancreatic cancer: a new portable and inexpensive blood test to detect it
A new blood test would diagnose one of the most undetectable cancers: that of the pancreas.Because it's usually not discovered ...
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