diabetes
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GLP-1 agonists have transformed the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, but they come with side effects. Physicians say the benefits outweigh the risks.
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Targeting a gut bacterial species or its metabolites could potentially improve diabetes management by reducing sugar preferences.
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Injectable micelles that release glucagon could provide a new way to treat hypoglycemic events in diabetes.
| 10 min read
Customizable hydrogels could make taking diabetes and cancer medications as well as other biologics easier for patients.
| 10+ min read
Once symptoms show up, it’s too late to cure many autoimmune diseases. Researchers are investigating ways to prevent the conditions from starting at all.
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Dopamine stimulators may lessen the systemic side effects — often weight gain and diabetes — of dopamine-blocking antipsychotics.
| 10 min read
Researchers discovered a new gene required for pancreas development, but much to their surprise, they found that it was absent in all animals except primates.
| 3 min read
Targeting a gut microbial enzyme could potentially improve treatment for type 2 diabetes.
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The discovery of insulin and its role in diabetes began with extracting canine pancreatic secretions and culminated in the first artificial pancreas in 2016.
| 10+ min read
Researchers developed ingestible capsules that inject drugs into the stomach and small intestine, providing a novel oral delivery method for biologics.
