Remote-controlled genes trigger insulin production
Nanoparticles heated by radio waves switch on genes in mice.
Nature News: 3 May 2012
Rise of personalised medicine. Scientist tracks his own diabetes onset
The future of personalized genomic medicine was glimpsed when the integration of one scientist’s genomic sequence with other ‘omics’ gave a read-out on his predisposition to disease, and the onset of type 2 diabetes.
Nature News 16 March 2012
Science Daily 15 March 2012
Researchers Develop “Smart” Nanotherapeutics that Deliver Drugs Directly to Pancreas
New technology could potentially lead to new therapeutics for Type I diabetes with improved efficacy and reduced side effects
Wyss Institute, 12 January 2012
Stem cells retrain immune cells to help diabetes
‘Re-training’ immune cellsin people with type 1 diabetes reduces the amount of insulin they need to inject.
Bionews: 16 January 2021
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Note: this research is part of a small PhaseI/!! clinical trial where its main objective is to ensure the treatment is safe. There is a lot of research to go before any potential for this form of treatment is realised at a clinical level
High-fat diet leaves its mark on sperm
Poor diets can cause tiny changes in mice sperm that can lead to metabolic disorders (eg diabetes) in their offspring.
New Scientist: 19 December 2011
Successful results from diabetes stem cell trial
Stem cell treatment has significantly lowered blood sugar levels for up to eight weeks in non-human primates with Type 2 diabetes.
Australian Life Scientist: 10 November 2011
Diabetic rats cured with their own stem cells
Neural stem cells, extracted from rats via the nose, have been turned into pancreatic cells that can manufacture insulin to treat diabetes.
New Scientist: 7 October 2011
And other interesting stem cell stuff
New Scientist have written a number of editorial and opinion articles related to the latest stem cell advances
Regenerating a stem cell ethics debate
Cloned human embryo makes working stem cells
Scientists have reprogrammed an human egg cell to an embryonic state using cloning technology and created a line of embryonic stem cells from the developing embryo.
Nature News: 5 October 2011
ABC The World Today: 6 October 2011
And a pictorial graphic of how it was done from Washington Post National
Uterine stem cells used to treat diabetes in mice
Researchers have converted stem cells from the human uterus into insulin-producing cells and transplanted them into mice to control their diabetes.
US National Institutes of Health: 30 August 2011
Xenotransplantation trial for diabetes starts in Argentina
Living Cell Technologies has begun a third trial of its DIABECELL treatment that uses insulin-producing cells from pigs to treat Type 1 diabetes.
Australian Life Scientist: 22 August 2011
Image from Australian Life Scientist at above link