Why wounds don’t heal as well for people with diabetes

Defective exosomes can impair chronic wound healing for some people with diabetes. The findings may open the door to new therapies.

Asher Jones-U. Pittsburgh • futurity
Sept. 11, 2023 ~6 min

Ozempic may let type 1 diabetes patients skip insulin

This "could possibly be the most dramatic change in treating type 1 diabetes since the discovery of insulin in 1921."

Ellen Goldbaum-Buffalo • futurity
Sept. 7, 2023 ~5 min


Mysterious hormone can make insulin work better

A hormone called GDF15 makes insulin work better in rodents, report researchers. Could it be a way to treat diabetes in humans?

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Aug. 30, 2023 ~5 min

Music gets designer cells to release insulin

For the first time, researchers are using music, including Queen's "We Will Rock You," to stimulate insulin release from cells.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
Aug. 23, 2023 ~7 min

AI model uses chest x-rays to spot diabetes warning signs

Chest x-rays can reveal early warning signs for diabetes, even in patients who don't meet guidelines for elevated risk, researchers say.

Brian Katzowitz-Emory • futurity
Aug. 14, 2023 ~6 min

Just like clock pendulums, cells move in sync

Just like pendulums in clocks, our cells move in synchronization, according to a new study. It makes them better at combating diseases.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Aug. 8, 2023 ~6 min

Haitian migrant workers struggle to manage diabetes

A new study identifies factors that hinder diabetes self-management among Haitian migrants working in sugar cane fields in the Dominican Republic.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
July 28, 2023 ~6 min

Team solves part of insulin synthesis mystery

Until now, researchers have not known much about the first steps of insulin synthesis, but a new study solves part of the mystery.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
July 26, 2023 ~5 min


Horse health research will help humans stay healthy, too, with insights on reining in diabetes and obesity

Horses and humans share biological similarities that lead them to suffer from similar endocrine and orthopedic diseases. A number of treatments that work for one species often work for the other.

Jane Manfredi, Associate Professor of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University • conversation
July 25, 2023 ~7 min

Global diabetes cases on pace to soar to 1.3 billion people in the next 3 decades, new study finds

Diabetes rates across the world have been rising steadily since the early 1990s, when this data was first estimated. That trend is only going up.

Liane Ong, Lead Research Scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington • conversation
July 19, 2023 ~6 min

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