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Biomaterials
December 2024
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, 550 East Orange St., Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA. Electronic address:
Insulin-secreting allogeneic cell therapies are a promising treatment for type 1 diabetes, with the potential to eliminate hypoglycemia and long-term complications of the disease. However, chronic systemic immunosuppression is necessary to prevent graft rejection, and the acute risks associated with immunosuppression limit the number of patients who can be treated with allogeneic cell therapies. Islet macroencapsulation in a hydrogel biomaterial is one proposed method to reduce or eliminate immune suppression; however, macroencapsulation devices suffer from poor oxygen transport and limited efficacy as they scale to large animal model preclinical studies and clinical trials.
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January 2025
Key Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Department of Endocrinology, Geriatric Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, China.
Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a highly heterogeneous monogenic disease that occurs due to β-cell dysfunction. It is divided into different types depending on the gene mutated, and a total of 16 genes have been found to be associated with MODY. However, due to the current lack of understanding of monogenic diabetes, 90% of MODY is currently misdiagnosed and ignored in clinical practice.
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January 2025
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sana'a, Sanaa, Republic of Yemen.
The present study aimed to determine the predictive power of the diabetic markers and metabolic syndrome factors in School-aged children for developing Type 2 DM. In this cross-sectional study, 1288 students aged 12-13 were recruited from public schools in the capital city of Sana'a. Anthropometric measurements and blood pressure were recorded and body mass index (BMI) was calculated.
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January 2025
Science For Life Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
A distinctive feature of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is the waning of insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas. New methods for direct and specific targeting of the beta cells could provide platforms for delivery of pharmaceutical reagents. Imaging techniques such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) rely on the efficient and specific delivery of imaging reagents, and could greatly improve our understanding of diabetes etiology as well as providing biomarkers for viable beta-cell mass in tissue, in both pancreas and in islet grafts.
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December 2025
School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia. Recently, the incidence of diabetes has increased exponentially, and it is estimated to become the seventh leading cause of global mortality by 2030. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a hormone derived from the intestine, has been demonstrated to exert remarkable hypoglycemic effects.
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