{"id":4423,"date":"2010-02-01T15:42:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T20:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423"},"modified":"2015-12-28T05:33:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T10:33:47","slug":"mechanism-leading-to-diabetic-blindness-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423","title":{"rendered":"Mechanism Leading to Diabetic Blindness Identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29466 lazyload\" title=\"Michigan State U\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Diabetic retinopathy is a common side effect of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in young adults in the United States. Scientists have long known that high blood sugar levels damage blood vessels in the eye, but they didn&#8217;t know why or how this happens. Now a Michigan State University scientist has discovered the process that causes retinal cells to die, which could lead to new treatments that halt the damage.<\/p>\n<div>Susanne Mohr, MSU associate professor of physiology, has discovered the process which is caused by high blood sugar levels that leads to the the vascular damage associated with diabetic retinopathy.<br \/> The research is published in the Jan. 29 issue of the <em>Journal of Biological Chemistry<\/em>.<\/div>\n<div>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.msu.edu\/story\/7390\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan State University<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetic retinopathy is a common side effect of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in young adults in the United States. Scientists have long known that high blood sugar levels damage blood vessels in the eye, but they didn&#8217;t know why or how this happens. Now a Michigan State University scientist has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":29466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1542,1445],"tags":[153],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mechanism Leading to Diabetic Blindness Identified | ASweetLife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Diabetic retinopathy is a common side effect of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in young adults in the United States...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ASweetLife Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423\",\"name\":\"Mechanism Leading to Diabetic Blindness Identified | ASweetLife\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-01T20:42:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-28T10:33:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5de2b093878b82b0ea97917f8fd72585\"},\"description\":\"Diabetic retinopathy is a common side effect of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in young adults in the United States...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":225},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mechanism Leading to Diabetic Blindness Identified\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\",\"name\":\"ASweetLife\",\"description\":\"The Diabetes Magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5de2b093878b82b0ea97917f8fd72585\",\"name\":\"ASweetLife Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba76b5c6c27d32738b13f9a8a5cfcf02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba76b5c6c27d32738b13f9a8a5cfcf02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ASweetLife Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?author=131\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mechanism Leading to Diabetic Blindness Identified | ASweetLife","description":"Diabetic retinopathy is a common side effect of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in young adults in the United States...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ASweetLife Team","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423","name":"Mechanism Leading to Diabetic Blindness Identified | ASweetLife","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg","datePublished":"2010-02-01T20:42:35+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-28T10:33:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5de2b093878b82b0ea97917f8fd72585"},"description":"Diabetic retinopathy is a common side effect of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in young adults in the United States...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Michigan-State-U.jpeg","width":225,"height":225},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=4423#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mechanism Leading to Diabetic Blindness Identified"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/","name":"ASweetLife","description":"The Diabetes Magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5de2b093878b82b0ea97917f8fd72585","name":"ASweetLife Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba76b5c6c27d32738b13f9a8a5cfcf02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba76b5c6c27d32738b13f9a8a5cfcf02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ASweetLife Team"},"url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?author=131"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}