Research News From May 22, 2005
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- Scientists clone cells from human patients. See also Stem cell breakthrough and Stem cell breakthrough in UK and South Korea.
- Minocycline reduces proinflammatory cytokine expression, microglial activation, and caspase-3 activation in a rodent model of diabetic retinopathy. See also A Penn State College of Medicine study suggests that a common antibiotic called minocycline may slow or prevent diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that is the leading cause of blindness in people ages 20 to 74.
- Normalization of glucose post-transplantation of pig pancreatic anlagen into non-immunosuppressed diabetic rats depends on obtaining anlagen prior to embryonic day 35. See also Precise timing enabled pig-to-rat transplants to cure diabetes.
- Developments in the prediction of type 1 diabetes mellitus, with special reference to insulin autoantibodies.
- The incidence of visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy in Leeds.
- Involvement of circulating endothelial progenitor cells and vasculogenic factors in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy.
- Childhood and adolescent diabetes.
- Relationship between the incidence of type 1 diabetes and maternal enterovirus antibodies: time trends and geographical variation.
- Islet cell related antibodies and type 1 diabetes associated with echovirus 30 epidemic: A case report.
- Baculovirus p35 increases pancreatic beta-cell resistance to apoptosis.
- Pyridoxamine as a multifunctional pharmaceutical: targeting pathogenic glycation and oxidative damage.
- The sweet thing about Type 1 diabetes: A cryoprotective evolutionary adaptation. See also The New York Times article New Theory Places Origin of Diabetes in an Age of Icy Hardships.
