Leading the Hunt for Cancer Genes

Leading the Hunt for Cancer Genes

MSNBC - But there's a group here working on diabetes, for instance, doing similar kinds of things to dissect the insulin pathway in cultured cells. What else is your lab working on? We're working with cell cultures where the breast cells organize into these Continue

Wisconsin State Journal - He specializes in the study of pancreatic islet cells, which make the hormone insulin and thus have important implications for treating diabetes. One day soon, perhaps next year, Odorico hopes to learn what factors cause stem cells - blank slate cells Continue

Pioneer Press - I use an insulin pump. The reservoir is good for three days. It's getting that routine down of swapping it out, keeping the insulin cool and having enough food and carbohydrates. "I'm going to put it in the river on Marine on St. Croix. Then, we'll go Continue

Seattle Times - The family of a diabetic woman who suffered permanent brain damage accused Medtronic Inc., a manufacturer, of selling an unsafe insulin pump and the University of Washington Medical Center of medical malpractice. The file was sealed in 2003 Continue

Slate - gum, patches or inhalers) during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy appears to slightly increase the risk of birth defects " compared to smoking. 4) Moderate alcohol consumption "appears to protect older women from developing type 2 or non-insulin Continue

HealthCentral.com - ACTOS (pioglitazone hydrochloride) is an oral antidiabetic agent that acts primarily by decreasing insulin resistance. ACTOS is used in the management of type 2 diabetes (also known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus [NIDDM] or adult-onset Continue

Heart Info - Younger Patients Can Develop Poor Leg Circulation Certain risk factors put those under 60 in danger, experts say MONDAY Bubbles Predict Heart Attacks Better CPR Insulin For Heart Attacks Continue

Bismarck Tribune - Like carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while simultaneously creating tryptophan Continue

13 WMAZ - Exubra is the first inhaled insulin. And Plan B, the emergency contraceptive, .became available over the counter, after much political jockeying. Paying for those drugs was a big focus, as the controversial Medicare part D first became available this Continue

dBusinessNews.com - While a hormone called bovine somatotropin is naturally occurring in all cattle, rBGH, or recombinant bovine somatotropin, is a synthetic hormone given to dairy cattle to stimulate milk production. rBGH works by increasing levels of Insulin Growth Continue