Teflon-coated Cells Could Help Treat Type 1 Diabetes. Scientists have invented a tiny implant covered in Teflon coating that contains transplanted insulin-producing cells. Teflon, the chemical used to coat non-stick pans, has been used in medicine for more than 30 years, as it is compatible with human tissue and does …

Exercise Alone Improves Insulin Sensitivity. A moderate aerobic exercise program, without weight loss, can improve insulin sensitivity in both lean and obese sedentary adolescents, according to a new study. In this study, 29 adolescents completed the 12-week moderate aerobic exercise program. The goal of each exercise session was to get …

Diamyd Medical announced last week that the company’s 4-year follow-up of Type 1 diabetes patients included in the company’s Phase II study shows a clear positive trend.

This new device, now available in more than 50 countries outside of the United States, can automatically suspend insulin delivery when the device senses that glucose levels have fallen to or below a user-selected threshold.

Effects on weight loss, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk: a randomised control trial.

We now have drugs that can replace the GLP-1 hormone and we have drugs that can reduce the destruction of GLP-1. Now we may have a drug that increases the production of GLP-1.

Juice extracted from North American lowbush blueberries, biotransformed with bacteria from the skin of the fruit, holds great promise as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetic agent, showing a reduction in blood glucose by 35%. 

The study of the role of an enzyme called 12-Lipoxygenase (12-LO), may find the answer to preventing  the destruction of the beta-cells and could be a vital step in preventing Type 1 diabetes.

Insulin can be safely and effectively used as a first-line treatment, in combination with metformin, in patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes, with high rates of patient satisfaction and compliance, results of a study indicate. 

Researchers find a gene that protects mice on a high-fat diet from becoming obese. University of Michigan researchers have identified a gene that acts as a master switch to control obesity. When the switch is turned off, even high-fat-diet mice remain thin.