Development by UCLA-led research team works to keep blood sugar at normal levels UCLA bioengineers and their colleagues have developed a new type of insulin that could help prevent hypoglyce... Read more
Capsule that releases insulin in the stomach could replace injections for patients with type 1 diabetes An MIT-led research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver or... Read more
Inkjet-printed device helps monitor a patient’s blood sugar levels without painful needles. A technique that enables biologically active enzymes to survive the rigors of inkjet printing pres... Read more
Diabetic foot ulcers can take up to 150 days to heal. A biomedical engineering team wants to reduce it to 21 days. They’re planning to drop the healing time by amplifying what the body alrea... Read more
Device uses laser technology to detect glucose levels under the skin, an alternative to painful pricking For those living with diabetes, monitoring blood glucose accurately is necessary to p... Read more
UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Jenny Ting, PhD, and colleagues, publish a new approach to weight loss and diabetes prevention. Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine discovere... Read more
People with diabetes could be able to monitor their blood sugar without drawing blood using a system now being developed at the University of Waterloo. In a recent study, researchers combine... Read more
Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test. Scientists have created a non-inv... Read more
NIH animal study shows dissolvable microneedles trigger body’s own insulin response For millions of people with type 2 diabetes, ongoing vigilance over the amount of sugar, or glucose, in th... Read more
Approach could also be applied to reversing aging and age-related diseases such as hearing loss and macular degeneration Salk scientists have created a new version of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome... Read more
In lab experiments and animal models, UNC and NC State researchers led by Zhen Gu, PhD, designed synthetic beta cells to secrete insulin in response to high blood sugar. Treating type 1 diab... Read more
Microneedle skin patch that delivers fat-shrinking drug locally could be used to treat obesity and diabetes Researchers have devised a medicated skin patch that can turn energy-storing white... Read more
Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has demonstrated the potential of a protein to... Read more
