A wearable, experimental device passed a real-world test, constantly monitoring blood sugar and automatically giving insulin or a sugar-boosting drug as needed, doctors say. Scientists have... Read more
Gladstone scientists reprogram skin cells into insulin-producing pancreas cells A cure for type 1 diabetes has long eluded even the top experts. Not because they do not know what must be don... Read more
Possible to use them for regenerative therapies, repairing damaged organs or tissues in the body, and treating conditions such as type I diabetes or liver disease A new method for creating s... Read more
THOUSANDS of diabetics could be effectively “cured” thanks to a major breakthrough by Scottish scientists. Patients could now have an islet cell transplant to prevent life-threatening compli... Read more
Japanese researchers have developed a technique to reshape living cells into thread form, which could prove to be a boon to transplants one day. By giving three-dimensional form to the threa... Read more
Kidney disease, heart disease, blindness, gangrene and limb amputation can occur if blood sugar levels are not managed properly A breakthrough in the treatment of type 1 diabetes has... Read more
If a just-announced research project is successful, then maybe – just maybe – diabetics will finally be free of having to perform daily finger prick blood tests and insulin injec... Read more