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Most diabetes drugs work to lower blood sugar levels. Mechanisms of action of diabetes drugs can be: stimulating the pancreas to release more insulin, inhibiting release of glucose from the liver, and blocking the enzymes which break down carbohydrates in the stomach.
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DEC 26, 2016Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning, ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Exercise is generally seen as good for the body, but new work from researchers at Baylor College of Medicine demonstrate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New evidence from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine has indicated that a protein call ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown FatWritten By: Jennifer EllisDEC 05, 2016Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Could a long used diabetes drug be repurposed for cancer treatment? Researchers at Rice University have found a potentia ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 30, 2016Neuroscience
Strokes can be devastating to those who suffer from them. In the United States approximately 795,000 people will h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 29, 2016Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who hate to swallow pills or just can’t remember to take their mediation as regularly as they should, s ...NOV 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are still learning more about ferroptosis, a recently identified type of regulated cell death. It seems to b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2016Cardiology
High-intensity statin treatments increase the chance of survival for individuals with cardiovascular disease, as compare ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 02, 2016Cardiology
Severe obesity by itself leaves a person at significantly higher risk for heart failure, whether or not that person also ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 31, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2016Chemistry & Physics
There might be a new kind of anti-viral medication coming to a pharmacy near you. An international research group led by ...Written By: Jennifer EllisOCT 13, 2016Immunology
Over seven percent of individuals in the UK with type 1 diabetes are children, and the autoimmune diseases grows more co ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 04, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2016Cardiology
Hydrogen sulfide gas, commonly referred to “rotten egg gas,” may be stinky, but researchers are finding that ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2016Cardiology
For unknown reasons, some people are sensitive to certain medications to treat heart conditions like cardiomyopathy. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: Guilhem Vellut/Flickr The microenvironment that supports a cancerous tumor also starves the immune cells t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 03, 2016Videos
Patients who suffer from diabetes type 2 may now have another option for their drug treatment. Last week, the Food and D ...JUL 27, 2016Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – July 27, 2016 – In addition to its more obvious ills, type 2 diabetes is a condition closely a ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Exercise is generally seen as good for the body, but new work from researchers at Baylor College of Medicine demonstrate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New evidence from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine has indicated that a protein call
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown Fat
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 05, 2016
Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Could a long used diabetes drug be repurposed for cancer treatment? Researchers at Rice University have found a potentia
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 30, 2016
Neuroscience
Strokes can be devastating to those who suffer from them. In the United States approximately 795,000 people will h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 29, 2016
Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who hate to swallow pills or just can’t remember to take their mediation as regularly as they should, s
...
NOV 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are still learning more about ferroptosis, a recently identified type of regulated cell death. It seems to b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2016
Cardiology
High-intensity statin treatments increase the chance of survival for individuals with cardiovascular disease, as compare
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2016
Cardiology
Severe obesity by itself leaves a person at significantly higher risk for heart failure, whether or not that person also
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 31, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
There might be a new kind of anti-viral medication coming to a pharmacy near you. An international research group led by
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 13, 2016
Immunology
Over seven percent of individuals in the UK with type 1 diabetes are children, and the autoimmune diseases grows more co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2016
Cardiology
Hydrogen sulfide gas, commonly referred to “rotten egg gas,” may be stinky, but researchers are finding that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Cardiology
For unknown reasons, some people are sensitive to certain medications to treat heart conditions like cardiomyopathy. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: Guilhem Vellut/Flickr The microenvironment that supports a cancerous tumor also starves the immune cells t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 03, 2016
Videos
Patients who suffer from diabetes type 2 may now have another option for their drug treatment. Last week, the Food and D
...
JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – July 27, 2016 – In addition to its more obvious ills, type 2 diabetes is a condition closely a
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)