UAB to test drug shown to completely reverse diabetes in human islets, mice!
As reported in the UAB (University of Alabama – Birmingham) News by Tyler Greer November 06, 2014 The “repurposing of verapamil as a beta cell survival therapy in type 1 diabetes” trial will test an approach different from any current diabetes treatment. New...
Please TURN the THING OFF!
Yes, that’s what the man 2 seats away said to me tonight at the movies during previews! My insulin pump had just started to alarm. So I took it out of my pocket and saw that it was a site change reminder. I was just turning off the reminder when he chastised me! I was...
Harvard Gazette: Giant Leap Against Diabetes!
Harvard stem cell researchers announced a giant leap forward in the quest to find a truly effective treatment for type 1 diabetes, a disease that affects an estimated 3 million Americans. Read More:...
Let’s Follow Brandon’s FIRST 1/2 Marathon!
OK, so you may ask, who is Brandon? Brandon is Brandon Arbiter, VP Product and Business Development at Tidepool. So then you ask, what is Tidepool? From their website: We are here to create a world where diabetes data is: • acquired seamlessly and in real time •...New Diabetes Breakthrough “bigger than the discovery of insulin”
SCIENTISTS HAVE COAXED STEM CELLS INTO ONES THAT PRODUCE INSULIN IN MICE By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, Newser Staff Posted Oct 10, 2014 6:25 AM CDT (NEWSER) – There’s no known cure for Type 1 diabetes, so for 3 million Americans, an insulin pump or regular...
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