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Insulin Defined
A hormone produced by the pancreas that allows sugar to enter the body's cells
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Diabetes, Type 1
Published August 29, 2008, 12:57 pm, New York Times
Government agencies, universities and corporations frequently enroll patients in studies designed to test the effectiveness of new drugs, procedures and medical devices.
Cells Change Identity in Promising Breakthrough
Published August 28, 2008, 3:43 pm, First Coast News
NEW YORK, NY (AP) -- Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.
Stem cell breakthrough avoids controversy over human embryos
Published August 28, 2008, 1:15 pm, The Wenatchee World
WASHINGTON - Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a plethora of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical quagmires that have plagued embryonic stem cell research.
Insulin-Making Beta Cells Created
Published August 28, 2008, 12:37 pm, WebMD
Harvard researchers report turning adult pancreas cells directly into insulin-making beta cells -- without regressing the adult cells into stem cells.
Cells change identity in promising breakthrough
Published August 28, 2008, 12:23 pm, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
By MALCOLM RITTER Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases. The cell identity switch turned ordinary pancreas cells into the rarer type that churns out insulin, essential for preventing diabetes. But its implications go beyond diabetes to a ...
ThromboGenics Appoints Dr. Patrik De Haes as Chief Executive Officer
Published August 28, 2008, 9:06 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
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ThromboGenics Appoints Dr. Patrik De Haes as Chief Executive Officer
Published August 28, 2008, 9:04 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
ThromboGenics NV , a biotechnology company focused on novel therapies for eye disease, vascular disease and cancer, announces today that Patrik De Haes, MD, currently Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed to succeed Professor Desire Collen as the Company's new Chief Executive Officer on September 1, 2008.
One Form Of Adult Mouse Cell Transformed Directly Into Another; Insulin-producing Cells Created
Published August 28, 2008, 6:16 am, Science Daily
In a feat of biological prestidigitation likely to turn the field of regenerative medicine on its head, researchers report having achieved what has long been a dream and ultimate goal of developmental biologists: directly turning one type of fully formed adult cell into another type of adult cell.
Amylin Pharmaceuticals And Eli Lilly Provide Context For FDA Alert For BYETTA
Published August 28, 2008, 3:52 am, PharmaceuticalOnline
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company in a conference call recently provided context and additional information regarding the August 18, 2008 FDA) update to a prior alert for BYETTA(R: 63.90, +0.46, +0.72%) (exenatide) injection referencing pancreatitis.
"Major Leap" In Medical Cell Research
Published August 28, 2008, 3:34 am, CBS News
Scientists have transformed one type of ell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.
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Thu Aug 28
- Researchers Report Advances in Cell Conversion Technique - NYTimes.com: Biologists at Harvard have converted cells from a mouse?s pancreas into the insulin-produc ing cells that are destroyed in diabetes, suggesting that the natural barriers between the body?s cell types may not be as immutable as supposed.
- Insulin Index
- Debiotech - Medical Devices - Switzerland
Wed Aug 27
- Harvard makes diabetic cells produce insulin in mice - Mass High Tech: From the journal Nature: Researchers at Harvard University have found a technique to develop the pancreatic cells of mice to produce insulin, which could one day aid people with diabetes.
- The Amazing Carbohydrate Thermometer
Tue Aug 26
- Diabetes-info4 u: Overcoming Diabetes. You may Save a Life.
- Humalog (Insulin Lispro (Human Analog)) drug warnings and precautions - prescription drugs and medications at RxList
- SHERRI SHAFER- REGISTERED DIETICIAN, CERTIFIED DIABETES EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR
- Posttranslatio nal modification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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