Obesity & Diabetes Week articles

Recent articles from Obesity & Diabetes Week

Studies from S.I. Hallan et al add new findings in the area of albuminuria.
June 29, 2009... According to a study from Trondheim, Norway, "Despite the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), relatively few individuals with CKD progress to ESRD. A better understanding of the risk factors for progression could improve the classification system of CKD and strategies for...

New cord blood study findings have been reported by researchers at St. James's University.
June 29, 2009... "We have demonstrated previously that cord blood CD133(+) cells isolated in the G(0) phase of the cell cycle are highly enriched for haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) activity, in contrast to CD133(+) G(1) cells. Here, we have analysed the phenotype and functional properties of this population...

Research on diabetes described by scientists at University of Ulster.(Report)
June 29, 2009... "Enzyme-resistant glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and GIP receptor antagonists have been proposed to have therapeutic potential for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Such benefits are based on actions mediated primarily through stimulation of insulin secretion or alleviation...

Scientists at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease describe research in diabetes.
June 29, 2009... "Because declines in acute insulin response (AIR) and insulin action (M) predict development of type 2 diabetes, we sought to determine childhood factors that predict insulin action and AIR using longitudinal data from young Pima Indian adults with normal glucose regulation. Predictors of...

Research results from V.E. Cotero and co-authors update knowledge of enzyme research.
June 29, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Cotero VE, Routh VH. Insulin blunts the response of glucose-excited neurons in the ventrolateral-ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus to decreased glucose." "Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E1101-E1109, 2009. First published February...