Several people have asked me for my thoughts on the recent Cell study that indicated a fasting-mimicking diet might stim…
Articles by Karmel Allison
Proposed New Nutrition Labels: Changing the Color of Calorie Counting
The First Lady Michelle Obama has become the face of the fight against childhood obesity, and her Let’s Move campaign re…
Sensor Sensibility: A look At Medtronic’s Enlite Sensor
I was particularly interested in the Enlite sensor, as I had used its predecessor, the Sof-sensor, for two years before …
Who Cares About Type 1 Diabetes?
We need to stop complaining about how many times mice have been cured of diabetes. That is part of science, and part of …
Trial Shows Teplizumab Slows the Progression of Type 1 Diabetes
The results of the AbATE clinical trial to slow the progression of type 1 diabetes have been trickling out at conference…
The Orgenesis Approach to a Diabetes Cure: Turning Liver Cells into Beta Cells
Dr. Ferber wants to take a patient’s own liver cells, turn them into beta cells in the lab, and then put them back in th…
Why Everyone is Talking About Glucagon
In anticipation of stable, liquid glucagon, one of the newest entrants into the insulin pump space, Tandem Diabetes Care…
Cure for Type 1 Diabetes and MS? Discovery of Immune Suppressing Protein CD52
Dr. Harrison and his team identified that some T cells express a molecule on their surfaces, CD52, that is capable of su…
Discovery of Betatrophin: A New Hope for Beta Cell Replication
Dr. Doug Melton's group at Harvard, which has made many advances in our understanding of stem cell and beta cell biology…
Comparing Dexcom G4 Platinum and Medtronic Minimed
I am able to wear the CGM places other than my abdomen, which I was terrified to even try with the Minimed. Thus far, I …
