Pediatric Liver Disease Increases Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
June 13, 2022
UC San Diego researchers describe connection between pediatric liver disease and increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Both rates are rising in children.
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Mapping the Pancreatic Islets
October 24, 2018
…leading to development of type 1 diabetes remains a mystery, hampering the ability to find new ways to prevent, treat or even cure this condition. With a new $3.3 million grant, University of California School of Medicine researchers hope to create a high resolution reference map of pancreatic cells that…
UC San Diego School of Medicine Researchers Receive $5 Million in Type 1 Diabetes Grants
October 24, 2016
…about the mechanisms that contribute to the onset of type 1 diabetes. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine hope to answer some of them with two Type 1 Diabetes Special Statutory Funding Program grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling more than $5 million.
Genetic Tools Help Identify a Cellular Culprit for Type 1 Diabetes
May 19, 2021
By mapping its genetic underpinnings, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a predictive causal role for specific cell types in type 1 diabetes, a condition that affects more than 1.6 million Americans.
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Type 1 Diabetes
November 15, 2012
…between vitamin D3 serum levels and subsequent incidence of Type 1 diabetes. The six-year study of blood levels of nearly 2,000 individuals suggests a preventive role for vitamin D3 in this disease. The research appears the December issue of Diabetologia, a publication of the European Association for the Study of…
$5.9 Million Grant to UC San Diego for Paradigm-Shifting Diabetes Research
October 3, 2011
…a $5.9 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, to study kidney complications related to type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
“Take Charge” of Diabetes: Can Commercial Weight-Loss Program Help?
May 8, 2012
Diabetes affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, most with Type 2 diabetes, a disease which is often coupled with obesity. Concerned by the increasing number of overweight Americans, nutrition experts with the UC San Diego School of Medicine are launching Take Charge, a research study analyzing the…
Protein Essential for Maintaining Beta Cell Function Identified
September 12, 2013
Researchers at the Pediatric Diabetes Research Center (PDRC) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that the pancreatic protein Nkx6.1 – a beta-cell enriched transcription factor – is essential to maintaining the functional state of beta cells.
Re-Defining Future Stroke Risk among Pre-Diabetics
June 8, 2012
Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of epidemiological studies, but the precise degree of that threat is confounded by differing medical definitions and factors that remain unknown or…
Community-Based Weight Loss Program Aids Diabetes Management
April 23, 2014
…complications in patients with diabetes but this is difficult for many to achieve. A University of California, San Diego School of Medicine randomized controlled trial of obese adults with type 2 diabetes suggests that participants enrolled in a community-based structured weight loss program are able to shed more pounds, improve…
