Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene expression that are not caused by alterations in the DNA sequence, has emerged as a key player in the development and severity of type 2 diabetes. Epigenetics ...

Yale researchers investigating the mechanism of the diabetes drug metformin have now elucidated a model for the drug and how it functions to treat Type 2 diabetes. The research study was published in ...

Scientists identify a pathway that halts nerve repair in diabetes, revealing new strategies to restore nerve function.

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin, or does not use it efficiently. It is caused by the combination of a genetic predisposition to obesity, ...

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Insulin resistance is usually associated with type 2 diabetes. Now researchers have found it in cancer patients and learned that it can cause cancer to spread faster. Back in the 1920s, researchers ...

Individuals with type 2 diabetes often have a higher incidence of tooth decay, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

The surprising findings could improve how doctors manage type 1 diabetes and ease the significant burden that people with the condition face when using insulin alone. In their published paper in ...