Monday, March 14, 2005

November 13, 2003 Regeneration of insulin-producing islets may lead to diabetes cure

November 13, 2003 Regeneration of insulin-producing islets may lead to diabetes cure

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Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Aging Articles Diabetes Future Diabetes Drugs May Target New Protein Interaction

Aging Articles Diabetes Future Diabetes Drugs May Target New Protein Interaction: "In the March 3 issue of Nature, Johns Hopkins researchers report that two proteins best known for very different activities actually come together to turn the liver into a sugar-producing factory when food is scarce. Because the liver's production of sugar is a damaging problem in people with diabetes, the proteins' interaction might be a target for future drugs to fight the disease, the researchers say."

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Diabetes raises risk of liver cancer 2-3 times-study

Reuters AlertNet - Diabetes raises risk of liver cancer 2-3 times-study: "Patients suffering from diabetes could be two to three times more likely to develop cancer of the liver, researchers said on Tuesday.

Chronic infections with hepatitis C and B, cirrhosis and a family history of the illness are risk factors for liver cancer but even without any of these, diabetics have higher odds of getting the disease.

'Diabetes is associated with a two-to-three-fold increase in the risk of liver cancer, regardless of the presence of other major risk factors,' said Dr Hashem El-Serag, an epidemiologist at the Houston Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Texas.

But he added that the cancer is very rare and the overall risk to a diabetes patient is low."

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