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A woman with Type 1 diabetes said her diagnosis felt like a "death sentence" — but with a new stem cell therapy, she's now free.
Health & Medicine

Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells

By Noor Al-Sibai

A woman with type 1 diabetes received her own stem cells and started producing her own insulin — a first time ever successful experiment.
RX and Medicine

Woman’s Own Stem Cells Appear to Reverse Her Type 1 Diabetes in First-Ever Procedure

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists have developed smart insulin that can respond to changing blood sugar levels in real-time, a "holy grail" for diabetes treatment.
Developments

Scientists Develop “Smart” Insulin That Can Respond to Blood Sugar Level Changes in Real Time

By Victor Tangermann

The faulty app for the X2 insulin pump manufactured by Tandem Diabetes Care was causing the the device to unexpectedly shut down.
Prosthetics and Devices

Hundreds of Diabetics Injured When App Controlling Insulin Pump Malfunctions

By Frank Landymore

Senator Bernie Sanders is calling on Ozempic and Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk to slash its prices for the treatments in the US.
Health & Medicine

Bernie Sanders Demands Cheaper Ozempic

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found that producing drugs like Ozempic only costs anywhere from $0.89 to $4.73 for a monthly supply.
Developments

Ozempic Is Being Sold for Hundreds of Times What It Costs to Make

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created a gene-edited cow that produces human insulin in her milk in Brazil.
DNA

Cow Hacked With Human DNA Produces Milk Containing High Levels of Human Insulin

By Victor Tangermann

Martin Shkreli is out of jail and in a New York halfway house despite being convicted of fraud and increasing life-saving drug prices by 4,000% overnight.
Health & Medicine

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Released From Prison, Seen Eating at Cracker Barrel

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Verve Therapeutics, backed by Google Ventures, says Crispr gene editing to reduce humans' bad cholesterol, reducing heart attacks.
Developments

Scientists Suggest Editing Human Genetic Code to Prevent Heart Attacks

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering used special ultrasound to lower blood sugar in patients with diabetes as insulin prices soar.
Studies

Scientists Say They Might Have Found a Way to Treat Diabetes Without Insulin

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Bay Area group is attempting to hack insulin to address the skyrocketing cost of the hormone for people with diabetes in the U.S.
Health & Medicine

Biohackers Are Attempting to Make Their Own Insulin

By Kristin Houser

Researchers at MIT came up with a high-tech pill that can release periodic doses of insulin in the stomach thanks to an integrated needle.
Health & Medicine

MIT Invents Smart Pill That Injects Insulin Into Your Stomach

By Victor Tangermann

A New Clinical Trial Just Made Diabetes Patients Insulin Independent
Health & Medicine

A New Clinical Trial Just Made Diabetes Patients Insulin Independent

By Dom Galeon

diabetes insulin biohub
Health & Medicine

A Patient With Diabetes No Longer Needs Insulin After Receiving A Bioengineered “Pancreas”

By Kristin Houser

diabetes diabetes app hydrogeled
Health & Medicine

We Now Have an App That Can Activate Cells That Manage Diabetes

By Karla Lant

New Insulin Pill Can Significantly Lower Blood Glucose for Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Science & Energy

New Insulin Pill Can Significantly Lower Blood Glucose for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

By June Javelosa