How you can reverse insulin resistance

An expert discusses the basics of insulin resistance, how the condition affects your health, and the steps you can take to reverse it.

Yale • futurity
April 23, 2024 ~5 min

Insulin injections could one day be replaced with rock music − new research in mice

Researchers successfully treated diabetes in mice by engineering cells to make insulin in response to the music of Queen.

Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University • conversation
Nov. 14, 2023 ~8 min


Implants like pacemakers and insulin pumps often fail because of immune attacks − stopping them could make medical devices safer and longer-lasting

From breast implants to prosthetic knees, implants can trigger a foreign body response that results in your body rejecting them. Suppressing an immune cell gene could reduce this risk.

Kellen Chen, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona • conversation
Sept. 25, 2023 ~7 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

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

Blame capitalism? Why hundreds of decades-old yet vital drugs are nearly impossible to find

The shortages, which have been going on for years, have typically affected only low-cost generics rather than profitable brand-name drugs.

Geoffrey Joyce, Director of Health Policy, USC Schaeffer Center, and Associate Professor, University of Southern California • conversation
July 20, 2023 ~9 min


DNA discovery highlights how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after meals

A study of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide has shed light on how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after we have eaten, with implications for

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 8, 2023 ~5 min

Lab tests say insulin doses could be more accurate

A new discovery provides a tool for developing better insulin preparations that millions of people around the world depend on.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
March 13, 2023 ~8 min

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