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Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have harnessed a new drug discovery tool to identify a new player in the body's insulin secretion process. This finding could spark a completely new class of drugs to treat type 2 diabetes.

( Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ) Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have harnessed a new drug discovery tool to identify a new player in the body's insulin secretion process. This finding could spark a completely new class of drugs to treat type 2 diabetes.

Precise numbers are hard to ascertain, but research has shown that the prevalence of diabetes is much higher among people of color.

FAIRBANKS -Every 20 seconds, an American is diagnosed with diabetes, a disease characterized by high levels of blood sugar resulting from defects regarding insulin production, insulin depletion or both.

Taking clues from their stem cell research, investigators have discovered that a signaling pathway involved in normal pancreatic development is also associated with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetic patients are less likely to suffer from acute respiratory failure during severe sepsis. Researchers studied 930 million hospitalizations over a 25-year period to investigate the protective effect, adding to our knowledge of both diabetes and sepsis.

Gala organizers hope to raise more than $262,000 dollars to help fund juvenile diabetes research.

Nearly ten percent of Broome County residents are currently living with diabetes and experts say many of them don't have control of their blood glucose. The diabetes national alliance held a seminar at the Binghamton Regency today to inform health care professionals of management strategies, challenges to effective treatments, and the best practices for treating the disease. Doctors say taking ...

Nearly 10 percent of Broome County residents are currently living with diabetes and experts say many of them don't have control of their blood glucose. The diabetes national alliance held a seminar at the Binghamton Regency today to inform health care professionals of management strategies, challenges to effective treatments, and the best practices for treating the disease. Doctors say taking ...