Blocking insulin breakdown shows promise against diabetesMouse study shows molecule controls blood sugar by hitting elusive drug target.doi:10.1038/nature.2014.15273Heidi LedfordNature
More than half a billion people worldwide are affected by type 2 diabetes, and yet researchers still don't know what's behind the condition's breakdown in insulin functionality.Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in the US have now pulle... type 2 diabetes insulin A Plant-Based ...
Defective insulin secretion is causal in most forms of diabetes. While glucose is the primary stimulus for insulin secretion by the β cells, it is well recognized that dietary proteins (amino acids) and lipids (fatty acids) can amplify glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS)1,2. Amino ...
The plant Artemisia dracunculus contains substances that inhibit muscle breakdown in obese diabetics – and that can aid muscle development, according to animal studies recently published by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the US. So might Artemisia dracunculus also be of interest ...
There is no single best diet for diabetes, but plant-based meals and theMediterranean diet(with a focus on fruits, vegetables, fish, and healthy fats) are both recommended to help control blood sugar levels. Some people with diabetes may also need to count the grams of carbohydrate in their...
The fasting serum triglyceride levels of elderly population with different progression stages of diabetes mellitus in China Journal of Diabetes and its Complications (2017) W.S. Harris Stearidonic acid-enhanced soybean oil: A plant-based source of (n-3) fatty acids for foods Journal of Nutrition...
(ii) neither the activation status of PI3K−AKTper senor mutation status of individual genes predicts for the sensitivity of tumors to both growth factors and CR; instead, the metabolic environment of the host (NOD-SCID mice display signs of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes69) and genetic ...
Belongs to a group of plant pigments called flavonoids and is found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains. Lipodystrophic mice Mice with a disorder of adipose tissue characterized by a selective loss of body fat. Haemostasis The body's response to blood vessel injury and bleeding, which...
To induce obesity and insulin resistance, BI-1 wild type and BI-1 knock-out mice were fed a high-fat diet for 8 weeks. The BI-1 knock-out mice had hyperglycemia, was associated with impaired glucose and insulin tolerance under high-fat diet conditions. Increased activity of NADPH-dependent...
An insulin pump may be a more effective way to control type 1 diabetes for some people because it more closely mimics the insulin production of a pancreas. An insulin pump is a compact electronic device with an attached infusion set (or tube) that administers a small, steady flow of insul...