Diabetes

Studies from Johns Hopkins University have provided new information about diabetes

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 16th, 2010

"The two main forms of human diabetes mellitus (DM) are characterized by an absolute (type 1) and a relative (type 2) reduction in functional insulin-producing beta cell mass in the pancreas. Type 1 DM results from autoimmune assault of beta cells, and type 2 from the failure of pancreatic beta cells to sufficiently compensate for insulin resistance," scientists in the United States report.

"Studies indicate that the incidence of both types is increasing rapidly to levels that constitute a global epidemic. Researchers are experimentally developing several conceptual approaches for increasing pancreatic beta cell mass and testing them for feasibility in treating the...

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