The human body can be genetically inclined to attack its own cells, destroying the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin, which helps convert sugar into energy. Called Type 1 diabetes, this disorder can occur at any age and…
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Toward painless oral insulin administration
Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have found that DNP peptide, a small intestine-permeable cyclic peptide originally used as an insulin additive to improve absorption into the small intestinal, lowers blood glucose levels in mice. They also found that insulin can…
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‘An Arm and a Leg’: Revisiting Insulin: How the Medicine Got So Expensive
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. We’re re-releasing a story we first reported in 2019, about how insulin got to be so expensive. And this 2021 update includes a check-in with people working to make the potentially lifesaving…
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Beyond secretion of insulin, the novel function of beta cells in regulating glucose homeostasis
In a new study published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Chen-Yu Zhang’s group and Antonio Vidal-Puig’s group at University of Cambridge report that pancreatic β cells secrete miR-29 family members (miR-29a, miR-29b and miR-29c) in response to high levels of…
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Vegan diet more effective for boosting weight loss than Mediterranean diet
A vegan diet is more effective for weight loss than a Mediterranean diet, according to a groundbreaking new study that compared the diets head to head. The randomized crossover trial, which was published in the Journal of the American College…
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Blooms the Chemist Metformin XR
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. BLOOMS THE CHEMIST METFORMIN XR Contains the active ingredient metformin hydrochloride Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about this…
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Vexazone
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. VEXAZONE contains the active ingredient pioglitazone hydrochloride CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about Vexazone. It does not contain…
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APO-Sotalol
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. APO-SOTALOL TABLETS Sotalol hydrochloride Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about sotalol. It does not contain all the available…
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Manufacturer Prices for Insulin Substantially Higher in the U.S.
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 — Manufacturer prices of insulin are considerably higher in the United States than in other countries, according to a report published by the RAND Corporation. Andrew W. Mulcahy, Ph.D., from RAND Health Care Communications in Santa…
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