Microscopic organisms can do amazing stuff. Yeast is instrumental in baking bread and brewing beer. Bacteria make yogurt. And now, thanks to synthetic…
Category: Research
The public was agog – and a little nervous – when the announcement came out this summer that researchers had “edited” the genes of human embryos,…
Close to half of all Americans have diabetes or are on the path to getting there, according to a new CDC report. Yet many of them remain undiagnosed…
A unique scientific approach to preventing, treating and, perhaps one day, curing type 1 diabetes is being coupled with JDRF’s equally…
Imagine a molecular container where the building blocks are glued together with a substance that’s sensitive to glucose: when glucose levels…
Today, TetraGenetics, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for autoimmune diseases, announced it has received an investment …
Having lived with type 1 diabetes since the age of four, I can say with certainty that, while it doesn’t stop me from living a full life, it gets in the…
A predictive test could tell researchers whether or not stem cell or islet cell transplant to ‘cure’ diabetes will work.
As a person…
If you’ve ever read about health on the internet, you’ve probably seen stories and ads claiming to reverse diabetes. Maybe you saw the article about…
Most of us have been told that fiber is an important part of a healthy and balanced diet, and that many people may not consume enough fiber. For decades…