insulin

FDA Warning: Recall of Mislabeled ReliOn Insulin Syringes

admin_huliq — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:07:20 -0600

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is notifying health care professionals and patients that Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien) is recalling one lot of ReliOn sterile, single-use, disposable, hypodermic syringes with permanently affixed hypodermic needles due to possible mislabeling.

Completely novel action of insulin unveiled

harminka — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:45:24 -0600

A PhD student at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research has uncovered an important piece in the puzzle of how insulin works, a problem that has plagued researchers for more than 50 years. This finding brings us one step closer to explaining exactly how insulin prompts fat and muscle cells to absorb glucose.

Treatment corrects severe insulin imbalance in animal studies

harminka — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:01:41 -0500

Researchers have used a drug to achieve normal levels of blood sugar in animals genetically engineered to have abnormally high insulin levels. If this approach succeeds in humans, it could become an innovative medicine for children with congenital hyperinsulinism, a rare but potentially devastating genetic disease in which insulin levels become dangerously high.

Systems properties of insulin signaling revealed

harminka — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:26:55 -0500

A team of Swedish researchers has characterized novel systems properties of insulin signaling in human fat cells. Their mathematical modeling, described in an article published June 20th in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, provides further insight into energy level maintenance (via the hormone insulin) within our bodies.

Neuroscientists show insulin receptor signaling regulates structure of brain circuits

harminka — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:38:45 -0500

A team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has demonstrated for the first time in living animals that insulin receptors in the brain can initiate signaling that regulates both the structure and function of neural circuits.

Bypassing the insulin highway

harminka — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:50:06 -0500

An immune cell known as a neutrophil releases a protein that can suppress glucose production in the liver –without targeting insulin, researchers have found.

Gel-like material shows promise as oral insulin pill for diabetes

harminka — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:11:51 -0500

Researchers in Texas report development of a gel-like material that could help speed the long-awaited arrival of insulin that can be taken in a pill by mouth, rather than with injections. The study is scheduled for the April 14 issue of ACS’ Biomacromolecules, a monthly journal.

New nanotube sensor can continuously monitor minute amounts of insulin

harminka — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:06:03 -0500

A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body’s insulin-producing cells in real time.

First functional insulin-binding protein in invertebrates

harminka — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:26:40 -0500

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling that helps to regulate mammals’ growth, metabolism, reproduction and longevity is well documented. Now research published in the open access journal Journal of Biology describes the genetic identification of the first functional insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) ortholog in invertebrates.

Joslin researchers discover new effect for insulin

harminka — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:00:10 -0500

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin has a previously unknown effect that plays a role in aging and lifespan, a finding that could ultimately provide a mechanism for gene manipulations that could help people live longer and healthier lives.

Restricting insulin doses increases mortality risk

harminka — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:06:57 -0600

A new study led by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center has found that women with type 1 diabetes who reported taking less insulin than prescribed had a three-fold increased risk of death and higher rates of disease complications than those who did not skip needed insulin shots. The new research appears in the March issue of Diabetes Care.

Elusive pancreatic progenitor cells found in mice

harminka — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:33:13 -0600

Researchers in Belgium have significantly advanced the discovery of a pancreatic progenitor cell with the capacity to generate new insulin-producing beta cells. If the finding made in mice holds for humans, the newfound progenitor cells may represent “an obvious target for therapeutic regeneration of beta cells in diabetes,” the researchers report in the Jan. 25 issue of the research journal Cell, a publication of Cell Press.