Type 2 diabetes, linked to insulin resistance, affects a significant portion of the American population, many undiagnosed. Pre-diabetes, also caused by insulin resistance, often progresses to Type 2 ...

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune condition affecting over 9 million people worldwide, caused by the body's immune system attacking the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, resulting in high ...

UCSF Health transplant specialists recently performed an innovative, minimally invasive pancreatic islet transplant designed to enable a patient with Type 1 diabetes to become insulin independent. The ...

Insulin resistance is strongly influenced by dietary fat, which can inhibit glucose from entering the cells. The new research, which is a secondary analysis of a 2024 Physicians Committee study, ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune condition where the immune system destroys insulin-producing β-cells in the pancreas. Yet, not all patients lose insulin function at the same pace. Understanding ...

Inhaled insulin helps to control blood sugar levels in children with type 1 diabetes as effectively as an injected version of the hormonal medication. The inhaled powder, called Afrezza, is already ...

New research indicates that an acute exercise session may improve isolated muscle insulin resistance in carriers of a TBC1D4 nonsense mutation, a variant linked to hyperinsulinaemia and elevated type ...

A Vertex Pharmaceuticals cell therapy for type 1 diabetes is enabling patients to produce insulin, eliminating the need for additional insulin therapy in the vast majority of participants in a key ...

Researchers identify genetic markers that predict the rate of β-cell failure in type 1 diabetes, facilitating earlier, personalized care strategies Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune condition ...