Diabetes is a lifelong disease that causes high blood sugar levels. There are many different treatments for diabetes, and what works for one person may not work for another. If you or someone you know has diabetes, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest treatments. Diabetes treatments have come a long way in recent…
Previously Published on denver.cbslocal.com – Some of the most advanced research in diabetes is being done right here in Colorado. The Barbara Davis Center is world renowned for the care and research of Type 1 diabetes. On the first floor at the center, doctors provide care to patients. In the labs on the upper floors, researchers…
Previously Published on dnyuz.com – Brian Shelton’s life was ruled by Type 1 diabetes. Could it be a cure for Type 1 Diabetes? It Has Worked for One Man. When his blood sugar plummeted, he would lose consciousness without warning. He crashed his motorcycle into a wall. He passed out in a customer’s yard while delivering mail….
Israeli firm Betalin Therapeutics has an implantable micro-pancreas that can produce insulin in patients with diabetes. Engineered Micro Pancreas The biological scaffolding combined with insulin producing cells is an engineered micro-pancreas. Therefore, implanted into a person during a minimally invasive procedure. Betalin‘s head researcher Avi Treves says the implanted device has the ability to produce insulin in…
Professor of medicine at Columbia University Domenico Accili says he can coax endocrine cells in the gut into insulin-producing cells to reverse diabetes. If the cells in the gut reverse diabetes, it would be a game-changer for the chronic disease. Accili found in the gut, proteins called FOXO which plays a dramatic role in the cells that…
Medical device company Viacyte has developed a device called PEC-Direct that can protect stem cells to be able to live inside the body, produce insulin as needed and possibly cure type 1 diabetes (T1D). Stem cells are placed into PEC-Direct and take three months to become functioning islet cells. Viacyte recently implanted the device into two…
Scientists at SymbioCellTech (SCT) have developed a technology called Neo Islets for possible type 1 diabetes (T1D) cure. It combines Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) with culture-expanded pancreatic islet cells to form three-dimensional cellular clusters. The scientists performed the technique in mice. All treated mice demonstrated normal blood glucose control without the need for anti-rejection drugs or encapsulation devices….
Scientists and researchers from the University of Texas maybe have found a diabetes cure. This treatment to cure diabetes is considered unconventional. The UT team headed by Ralph DeFronzo has found a way to make existing cells in the pancreas perform the work of insulin producing beta cells. They have performed successful tests on mice….
The Bionic Pancreas called “iLet” by Beta Bionics. The only fully integrated, fully automated, bihormonal bionic pancreas. The device uses both, insulin to lower blood sugar and glucagon to raise blood sugar for optimal glycemic control, a bridge to a cure. As I write this, the pump device is not yet available to the public. A…