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June Round inspects a dish of microbes cultured from the gut. Specific species of microbes appear to reduce the risk of diabetes and may even help restore lost pancreatic function, her results suggest.

Early-Life Gut Microbes May Protect Against Diabetes, Research in Mice Suggests

Categories Health
Pictures taken with a confocal microscope of the gut of drosophila (fruit fly) show enteroendocrine cells that express the NPF neuropeptide. Image courtesy of Marc Tatar.

Researchers show how gut hormones control aging in flies and how it relates to human biology

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans
c-elegans

Gary Ruvkun and the Science of Aging

Categories Bloggers

For diabetes patients, needle-free insulin injections are on the way

Categories Bloggers
Insulin injectors

Insulin prices in US are nine times higher than in other wealthy nations, study finds

Categories Health, Social Sciences
These capsules containing nano-carriers with insulin will be tested on humans in 2025.

Smart Insulin Breakthrough: Scientists Develop Oral Insulin Encased in Nano-Carriers

Categories Health, Technology

High insulin levels directly linked to pancreatic cancer

Categories Health
Ambient noise does not trigger insulin secretion (left). Direct exposure of the cells to certain rock songs, on the other hand, triggers insulin release within minutes (right).

Cells with an ear for music release insulin

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
The oral capsule designed by the RMIT team, alongside the fatty nanomaterial filled with insulin that is within in the capsule. CREDIT RMIT University

Wonder drug-capsule may one day replace insulin injection for diabetics

Categories Health, Technology
Internal organs illustration

Can zapping the intestine prevent diabetes?

Categories Health, Technology
Insulin molecule

Could insulin come in a pill?

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