More than half a billion people worldwide are living with diabetes, the vast majority with type 2 diabetes (T2D), a chronic ...

A hallmark of type 2 diabetes is the progressive loss of beta cell mass: cells in the pancreas that produce and release ...

Researchers have now discovered that DNA sequence changes known to increase a person's risk for diabetes are linked to how well pancreatic cells can handle two different kinds of molecular stress. In ...

Lund University. All cells in the body have the same set of genes, but use different genes to develop into different types of cells. The epigenome controls this process by activating and deactivating ...

Researchers studied oxygen treatment as a potential therapy to target specific cells linked to the development of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes ...

Aging-related diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disorders and type 2 diabetes, are associated with defects in protein synthesis and folding. Previous studies have shown that protein ...

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have discovered a novel approach to protecting insulin-producing beta cells from the damaging effects of glucolipotoxicity-a ...

Spending time in natural daylight during normal working hours tends to help people with type 2 diabetes maintain better blood ...

Lowering your risk of developing type 2 diabetes usually involves tackling a combination of changes to your diet and ...