Research News From September 24, 2006
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- The Politics and Promise of Stem-Cell Research is an editorial published in the September 21, 2006 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Also available in PDF format. See also Bit Player or Powerhouse? China and Stem-Cell Research, also available in PDF format; Stem cells–a clinical update which has free full text available in PDF format; and Naturally dead embryos yield stem cells.
- Chromatin-remodeling factors allow differentiation of bone marrow cells into insulin-producing cells.
- Transplantation of bone marrow genetically engineered to express proinsulin II protects against autoimmune insulitis in NOD mice.
- A multicenter, double-blind, safety study of QR-333 for the treatment of symptomatic diabetic peripheral neuropathy. A preliminary report.
- Metabolic decompensation in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus associated with increased serum levels of the soluble leptin receptor.
- Early epitope- and isotype-specific humoral immune responses to GAD65 in young children with genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes.
- Effects of treatment for diabetes mellitus on circulating vascular progenitor cells.
- Total and Component Health Care Costs in a Non-Medicare HMO Population of Patients With and Without Type 2 Diabetes and With and Without Macrovascular Disease.
- Relationship Between Lipid Abnormalities and Insulin Resistance in Japanese School Children.
- Study Suggests Insulin May Have Potential to Prevent Thrombosis Leading to Heart Attack and Stroke. See also Insulin for heart attacks.