A great study was recently published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal called Expression of cholera toxin B–proinsulin fusion protein in lettuce and tobacco chloroplasts – oral administration protects against development of insulitis in non-obese diabetic mice. The study demonstrates that it may be possible to get around the main reason why Type 1 Diabetics have [...]
PR Newswire today has an interesting read about a study recently done that shows how 80 Billion dollars of the federal governments money goes to treat people with diabetes. The staggering number shows just how large of a scourge is afoot. There are approximately 20 million diabetics in the united states and that number is [...]
Dexcom is already has one continuous glucose monitor on the market, so what is the big deal? Well, recently the FDA approved SEVEN which is Dexcom’s seven day continuous glucose monitor. The sensors last more than twice as long which means that it costs less than half as much. Continuous glucose monitoring is really the [...]
And here is yet another drug that is getting some heat from the blogosphere and traditional media outlets for improper marketing and overlooking serious side effects that the drug is actually supposed to prevent. The final resolution is that GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia will receive a “black box” warning label on the bottle stating that it might [...]
In an amazing study done by Dr. Michael Demetriou at the University of California Irvine, a glucosamine like dietary supplement has suppressed the damaging autoimmune response that causes Type 1 Diabetes in a mouse model. The study delves deeper into how sugars such as the N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) used in the study, interact with the surface [...]
The Scientific American has an interesting article about exercise and glucose tolerance. The study demonstrated a 25-30% improvement in glucose tolerance after just 3 months of strength training. Type 1 diabetics that regularly work out such as myself probably inherently know this because you can see such a noticeable difference in sugars after a good [...]
Debiotech has recently announced that they have found a manufacturing partner for their disposable, tiny insulin pump. The pump itself is great- about one quarter the size of the standard Minimed pump that is on the market now. This new one uses MEM’s technology and can deliver very precise amounts of insulin. I am pretty [...]
It looks like there was a study in Brazil where they took some newly diagnosed Type 1 Diabetics and then reintroduced stem cells from their bone marrow. It was successful in that these kids were allowed to live insulin free for up to 36 months which was the length of the trial. Medical News Today [...]
