Items tagged with “diabetes”
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Weizmann Scientists Discover a Gene That Ties Stress to Obesity and Diabetes
2010-04-20T14:39:37-04:00
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—April 19, 2010—The constant stress that many are exposed to in our modern society may be taking a heavy toll: Anxiety disorders and depression, as well as metabolic (substance exchan...
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Maintaining Blood Vessel Integrity
2009-09-17T16:53:03-04:00
Diabetes-related complications—including blindness, stroke, kidney disease, and even gangrene—are largely due to vascular defects. Research by Institute scientists aimed at studying the adhesion and motility of cell...
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Making Transplants Easier
2009-09-15T17:36:50-04:00
Since diabetes is characterized by the increasing destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, advanced diabetes may necessitate transplanting beta cells, the pancreatic islets where they are produced, or eve...
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The Fat Factor
2005-11-01T09:46:00-04:00
Diabetes has become epidemic in the Western world: One out of 12 suffers from type 2 (adult onset) diabetes, and the number of diabetics (presently 150 million worldwide) is expected to double in the next 20 years. Though ...
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New Hope for Kidney Patients
2004-06-01T17:17:00-04:00
Prof. Yair Reisner's latest achievement is growing tiny, functional kidneys in mice out of human stem cells. The trick to growing the kidneys is timing: too early, and the implanted cells grow into a mass of mixed ...
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Blocking Type 1 Diabetes
2002-06-01T18:23:00-04:00
Weizmann Institute scientists develop the first successful vaccine for Type 1 diabetes A team of researchers led by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute of Science has developed a vaccine that halts...