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New Diabetes Treatment Involves a Robot “Docked” Inside Your Guts

New Diabetes Treatment Involves a Robot “Docked” Inside Your Guts

By Dan Robitzski

Blasting mouse livers with ultrasound beams made the mice lose excess weight, potentially giving doctors a way to prevent diabetes.

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Ultrasound Blasts Made Overfed Mice Lose Weight, and Scientists Say it Might Prevent Diabetes

By Dan Robitzski

Special modified human stem cells were able to control blood sugar levels in a demonstration involving diabetic mice by secreting insulin.

Diabetic Mice “Cured Rapidly” Using Human Stem Cells

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have developed an AI that can detect hyoglycaemic events — drops in blood sugar — in raw ECG data from a wearable.

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This AI Can Detect Low Blood Sugar From ECG Readings

By Victor Tangermann

Fed up with the challenges of living with diabetes, a biohacker built himself an artificial pancreas to automatically manage his insulin pump.

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How This Engineer Hacked Together His Own “Artificial Pancreas”

By Dan Robitzski

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.

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Biohackers Are Attempting to Make Their Own Insulin

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered genetic variants that protect people from obesity and its symptoms.

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Scientists Find Genetic Variants That Prevent Obesity, Diabetes

By Kristin Houser

The diabetes drug metformin is gaining favor in Silicon Valley where techies seek prescriptions in the hopes of warding off the Grim Reaper.

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A Cheap Diabetes Drug Shows Potential as a Life-Extension Therapy

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.

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MIT Invents Smart Pill That Injects Insulin Into Your Stomach

By Victor Tangermann

The world's first lab-grown blood vessels have already yielded one new lead in the hunt for better diabetes treatments and more could be on the way.

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We Can Now Grow Perfect Human Blood Vessels in a Lab

By Kristin Houser

3d printed glucose monitors could make health monitoring simpler

3D-Printed Glucose Sensors Could Cut Costs for People With Diabetes

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

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Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

By Kristin Houser

Viral Insulin Discovery Suggests Microbes Could Influence Diabetes

Viral Insulin Discovery Suggests Microbes Could Influence Diabetes

By Patrick Caughill

Mirror Image Compounds Could Help Drugs Last Longer

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Mirror Image Compounds Could Help Drugs Last Longer

By Patrick Caughill

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Smart Contact Lenses Could Screen for Pre-Diabetes and Monitor Glucose Levels

By Chelsea Gohd

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Scientists Claim They Found a Drug That “Significantly Reverses Memory Loss”

By Lou Del Bello

FDA Approves New Clinical Trial Using Stem Cells to Treat Non-Healing Wounds

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FDA Approves New Clinical Trial Using Stem Cells to Treat Non-Healing Wounds

By Chelsea Gohd

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The FDA Just Approved the First Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

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Genetic Engineering Could Allow Us to Treat or Even Prevent Obesity

Soon, Diabetics Will Be Able to Check Their Glucose Levels on Their Fitbit Smartwatch

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Soon, Diabetics Will Be Able to Check Their Glucose Levels on Their Fitbit Smartwatch

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Healthcare Startup Claims It Can Defeat Diabetes With Nutrition Alone

A Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes is Headed for Human Trials in 2018

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A Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes is Headed for Human Trials in 2018

By Chelsea Gohd

Color-Changing Tattoos Could Help Millions Monitor Their Health in Real-Time

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Color-Changing Tattoos Could Help Millions Monitor Their Health in Real-Time

A New Clinical Trial Just Made Diabetes Patients Insulin Independent

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A New Clinical Trial Just Made Diabetes Patients Insulin Independent

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The Next Version of the Apple Watch Will Be Able to Track Your Blood Sugar

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

By Kristin Houser

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

A New Drug May Be Able to Completely Reverse Diabetes

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A New Drug May Be Able to Completely Reverse Diabetes

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A Diabetes Drug Has Shut Down Cancer’s Primary Way of Making Energy

Thanks to a Novel Protein, We Could Bring an End to Obesity

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Thanks to a Novel Protein, We Could Bring an End to Obesity

We’ll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Autofocusing Contact Lenses

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We’ll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Autofocusing Contact Lenses

By Cecille De Jesus

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The World’s First “Artificial Pancreas” Will Be Hitting the Market in 2017

By Cecille De Jesus

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Regenerative Bandage Heals Wounds 4x Faster

By Jelor Gallego

A Revolution in Science: The Quest to Stop Aging is Underway

A Revolution in Science: The Quest to Stop Aging is Underway

2018 May be the Year of The Artificial Pancreas

2018 May be the Year of The Artificial Pancreas

By Jelor Gallego

Scientists Created Smart Contacts That Can Monitor and Treat Diabetes

Scientists Created Smart Contacts That Can Monitor and Treat Diabetes

By Charmaine Caparas

Diabetic Stem Cells Were Just Transformed into Insulin-Producing Cells

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Diabetic Stem Cells Were Just Transformed into Insulin-Producing Cells

By Cecille De Jesus

Researchers Just Discovered That Islet Cell Transplantation Restores Blood Sugar Control

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Researchers Just Discovered That Islet Cell Transplantation Restores Blood Sugar Control

By June Javelosa

Human Beta Cells Successfully Eliminate Diabetes in Mice

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Human Beta Cells Successfully Eliminate Diabetes in Mice

By Jelor Gallego

New Skin Patch Helps Monitor Glucose Continuously

New Skin Patch Helps Monitor Glucose Continuously

By June Javelosa

A New Way to Treat Diabetes: Artificial Pancreas Trials Begin in the US

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A New Way to Treat Diabetes: Artificial Pancreas Trials Begin in the US

By June Javelosa

Google Just Filed a Patent For a Needle-Free Blood Drawing Smartwatch

Google Just Filed a Patent For a Needle-Free Blood Drawing Smartwatch

By Joseph Libunao