About 24 million Americans have diabetes. And the number is rising. Some diabetics are not aware that they have diabetes. The inability to produce or properly use insulin has been identified in diabetics. Insulin is a hormone that transports sugar in the blood stream into cells so that cells can use them to produce energy [...]
Posts Tagged ‘diabetes’
Diabetes and Gum Disease
Posted in Health News, tagged diabetes, gum disease, health, sugar on September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cell Reprogramming
Posted in Health News, tagged cell, diabetes, research on September 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Telling one type of cells to become another type. Sounds interesting. Doesn’t it? Well, Some Harvard scientists have discovered a way to reprogram cells. Harvard scientists “were able to turn ordinary mouse exocrine cells of the pancreas into beta cells, vital insulin-producing cells that die off in Type I diabetes patients. “ This basically means [...]
