diabetes

Disease risk can be transmitted epigenetically via egg and sperm cells, a mouse study shows.

The genomics arm of the National Institutes of Health has pledged a total of $280 million for research into the genetic bases of disease.

Researchers reprogram human skin cells to make insulin-producing pancreatic cells that can prevent diabetes in mice.

The popular type 2 diabetes drug may cause profound changes in patients’ microbiomes.

Guenther Boden, who linked insulin resistance with fatty acids in the blood, has passed away at age 80.

Why do some obese people actually experience health benefits?

Authors retract a paper on grizzlies’ metabolism after finding one person made up data.

Annually, about 184,000 deaths annually are linked to drinking sugary beverages, according to a new study.

Putting the microbiome front and center in health care, in preventive strategies, and in health-risk assessments could stem the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases.

Neanderthal-human hybrid discovered; the neurobiology of fear behavior; and an insulin patch that responds to high glucose levels in mice

A microneedle patch automatically releases insulin in response to high glucose levels.

Transplanting energy-burning brown fat can prevent excess weight gain in a mouse model of obesity.

The American Diabetes Association faces a lawsuit after journal editors express concern over several papers.

Excess body weight can decrease one’s life expectancy by nearly 10 years, according to a new modeling study.

A hormone thought to make murine insulin-secreting cells proliferate in mice did not perform in replication studies.

Researchers craft hormone-producing pancreas cells from human embryonic stem cells, paving the way for a cell therapy to treat diabetes.

A genetic switch in hibernating bears keeps the animals from becoming insulin-resistant. 

The technologically advanced eyewear monitors blood sugar concentrations in diabetic patients.

The National Institutes of Health is partnering with 10 drug companies to find new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.

A chemical prevalent in the bear gallbladder abates a cellular stress response and stalls the progression of type 1 diabetes in rodents.