- November 26, 2007
A breakthrough in stem cell research was announced last week in a paper in the journal Science where researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in the US and other colleagues reported how they reprogrammed human skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells.
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1151526
[Story at Medical News TODAY:
Reprogrammed Skin Cells Could Replace Embryonic Stem Cells.
Abstract at
Science;
full text at
Science, requires subscription.]
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- November 14, 2007
The FDA issued a notice today regarding new information which will be added to the existing boxed warning for Avandia about potential increased risks for heart attacks. Also, a press release was issued by GlaxoSmithKline.
[See FDA Adds Boxed Warning for Heart Attacks to Anti-Diabetes Drug Avandia
and GlaxoSmithKline revises US labeling for Avandia.]
- November 9, 2007
After dusk on November 14, World Diabetes Day, 120 landmarks like the Empire State Building in New York, Sears Tower in Chicago, Prudential Tower in Boston, Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis, the Four Freedoms Monument in Evansville, San Francisco City Hall and Coit Tower in San Francisco, Qwest Stadium in Seattle and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield will be lit in blue.
[Story at Associated Content:
World Diabetes Day on November 14.]
Also
St Catherine's Chapel,
London Eye, Niagara Falls, the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai, Christ the Redeemer in Rio and the Leaning Tower of Pisa…
[Story at We're going blue.]
(An official list is at
WDD Monument Challenge.
Also see press release: Diabetes Communities Unite to Celebrate World Diabetes Day November 14.)
- November 7, 2007
In recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month, The HealthCentral Network's (www.HealthCentral.com) MyDiabetesCentral.com has launched a special feature, which highlights the voices of those with diabetes and provides important information to further the understanding of this condition.
[Press release at the Diabetes Monitor:
MyDiabetesCentral.com Promotes Awareness of Diabetes.]
- November 3, 2007
A "personal trainer" can enhance an adolescent's motivation and capability
of managing diabetes, according to recently-published research.
The facilitators were called "personal trainers" to "emphasize the development of strengths rather than the amelioration of deficits," the researchers explained.
Diabetes Personal Trainer Outcomes: Short-term and 1-year outcomes of a diabetes personal trainer intervention among youth with type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes Care 2007 30: 2471-2477.
[Story at Reuters:
Abstract at
D Care;
full text at
D Care, requires subscription.]
- November 1, 2007
A long-acting diabetes drug
allows diabetes patients to control their blood sugar levels better than currently approved drugs, according to results from a phase III study.
The drug, Byetta LAR, is given as a once-weekly injection.
[Story at The Street.com:
Diabetes Drug Test Boosts Amylin and Lilly.
See also
Once-Weekly Exenatide Showed Statistical Superiority in Glucose Control Compared to BYETTA in Head-to-Head Study at Amylin's website.]
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