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10 Surprising Ways Diabetes and Dementia Are Intertwined

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Diabetes affects the brain through energy utilization, blood vessels, and inflammation—and sometimes the same medications work on both systems. Recent studies suggest a mutual connection:
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A new form of diabetes has been officially recognized: Type 5 diabetes.

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The new classification refers to diabetes that results from malnutrition in childhood.
Bandages may now be smart. Illustration: depositphotos.com

New bioactive dressing promises faster healing for diabetic wounds

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Researchers have developed an innovative bandage that combines biologically active substances, which helps accelerate wound closure and prevent infections – with the potential to significantly improve the quality of life of those with diabetes.
The system was developed by the research group led by Prof. Hosem Haik. Credit: Xia Gong

New wearable system for real-time diabetes monitoring

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Joint development by Prof. Hussam Hayek from the Technion and researchers from Sun Yat-sen University enables glucose measurement and personalized metformin dosing using microneedles and nanobiological sensors
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The Fat Sense: How the Nervous System Affects Metabolism and Obesity

Weizmann Institute researchers have found that nerve cells sense mechanical changes in fat tissue and regulate the body's energy burning. Suppressing this mechanism makes mice immune to obesity and diabetes
Ground level ozone has negative effects on human health. Photo: pexels, german latasa

How does ozone pollution affect diabetes morbidity?

Glucose measuring device on hand, connected to diabetes management with advanced technology that predicts sugar levels four years ahead. ISHA SALIAN

Weizmann Institute researchers, Pheno.AI and NVIDIA developed a creative artificial intelligence model to predict blood sugar levels up to 4 years ahead

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The researchers of the three organizations reveal GluFormer, a generative artificial intelligence model (Generative AI) based on a transformer architecture similar to GPT from OpenAI - but instead of text - it produces a prediction of levels
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals selects Medidata to promote first non-opioid drug in two decades for diabetic nerve pain

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Ozenfik weight loss shot. Illustrating the knowledge site using DALEE. The image should not be seen as a scientific image

What do the celebs know about weight loss shots that we should also know?

A researcher at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University investigates whether we will soon be able to eat what we want without guilt?
Entry of an insulin molecule into a human cell. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Why are diabetics more susceptible to respiratory infections?

35% of the corona patients who died in the epidemic were diabetics. In a new study, Weizmann Institute of Science scientists reveal that high blood sugar levels disrupt the immune system's ability to fight lung infections and present
A girl with juvenile diabetes injects insulin. shutterstock photo

How to manage diabetes in war and crisis situations

Stress and anxiety can worsen health conditions, including diabetes. Awareness and preparation reduce risks
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Genetic research has revealed: this is how the "antenna" of the yeast works

The new discovery could shed light on the basic mechanisms that control sugar metabolism in other organisms, including humans.
The crystalline transport platform developed by the researchers from the Technion and Johns Hopkins releases an anti-inflammatory drug inside the device and thus supports the survival of the pancreatic islets. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Towards an improved treatment of juvenile diabetes

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American grant to researchers from the Technion and Johns Hopkins University
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The state of California is promoting an initiative for self-production of insulin

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The state of California promotes programs for self-production of insulin. The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, allocated one hundred million dollars from the new state budget for this purpose. The governor is known for his position, ever since he was elected in
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"Thanks" to cannabis research: researchers have identified the development process of diabetic kidney disease

In this disease, the body produces substances similar to those found in cannabis, which damage the kidney * University researchers have found a way to improve the medical treatment of diabetic kidney disease, which affects approximately 30% of diabetics in the world. The new method
Healthy blood vessels versus clogged blood vessels. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Researchers have developed a way to create "spare parts" of blood vessels in the body

An innovative development offers a biological device based on stem cells and encourages the creation of new blood vessels, which could replace damaged blood vessels in diabetics suffering from leg ulcers and patients in need of catheterization
The transplanted construct: the engineered muscle fibers (in red) express Glute4 (in green)

A technology developed at the Technion improved glucose uptake in diabetic mice

The conventional treatments for diabetes and insulin resistance are based on the consumption of drugs by injection and ingestion and provide a partial and short-term solution. This is the background for trying to develop long-term systemic solutions, and this is where the new development comes in
Taking insulin by mouth. The mechanism of action: on the left - the insulin molecules are integrated and protected against discharge within nozzle frames; On the right - the insulin molecules are released in the blood circulation and reduce the glucose levels in the blood

Taking insulin by mouth

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Scientists have succeeded in combining a 'covalent organic framework' together with insulin and demonstrated that the combination can significantly reduce the blood sugar levels of diabetic mice * If the process is successful in clinical trials, it can be
Gestational diabetes. Illustration: shutterstock

An algorithm will allow early identification of the risk of developing gestational diabetes

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The engineered micro pancreas from Israel that will try to improve the quality of life of diabetics

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Pancreatic cancer tumor with liver metastases. From Wikipedia

A new blood test will detect pancreatic cancer at an early stage

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Proteins involved in the function of the intestinal barrier (the E-cadherein protein is marked in green)

The relationship between infections and obesity

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Is surgery the most effective treatment for diabetes?

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insulin pump. Source: Mbradford / Wikimedia.

The artificial pancreas is here

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Bottles of insulin for injection. Source: Alan Levine.

Research: Insulin resistance is associated with an accelerated decline in cognitive functions

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Diagram of 3-GSK enzyme. How do complex molecules like proteins work together? Source: Boghog, Wikimedia.

When proteins manage to surprise

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Insulin pump and glucose meter. From Wikimedia

A sweet discovery - 125 years since the birth of Patrick Bunting, the discoverer of insulin, who turned diabetes from a deadly disease into a chronic one

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Measuring blood sugar for a type 1 diabetic baby. Photo: shutterstock Sugar for a type 1 diabetic baby. Photo: 150699080

Dreamed Diabetes raised $3.3 million to continue developing a new platform for managing diabetes

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Unlimited food

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Sugar level tests. Photo: shutterstock

JDRF, the global research fund for juvenile diabetes and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi will invest 4.6 million dollars in the development of a new insulin for type 1 diabetics

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Beta cells of a young (left) and an old person. Photo: Dr. Roni Hellman

Surprising findings in diabetes research: beta cell aging increases insulin secretion

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Socks for diabetics. Photo: The Hebrew University

Smart socks and a mobile app help diabetics

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A balanced diet. Illustration: shutterstock

There are large inter-individual differences between different people in their responses to food

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Intestinal bacteria. Illustration Mjak/Shutterstock

Intestinal bacteria are involved in diseases such as diabetes and Crohn's disease

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Snoopy Apreza insulin inhaler. Photo: public relations

Sanofi and MannKind announce that Afrezza, the only inhaled insulin, has begun marketing in the US

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An explanation of the operation of the device for the correct insertion of an epidural, developed by the company Omoz Medical. PR photo

An implant for the treatment of diabetes, a device for the correct injection of an epidural, robots that help in agriculture among the companies of Trendlines Greenhouse that were recently presented at an investor conference

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Fluorescence microscopy imaging of brown fat cells. The cells were marked when they transfected glucose 1 (GLUT1) (in green). The new signaling pathway was identified by discovering the way glucose transporters move from the inside to the outside of brown fat cells during stimulation.

A new mechanism for the treatment of diabetes

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A girl with juvenile diabetes injects insulin. shutterstock photo

Children are too sweet

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Artificial sweeteners may increase the tendency to diabetes

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The hydrogel is colored blue before the glucose is added, then it turns red as the glucose concentration increases. [Courtesy of Chunjie Zhang]

Continuous monitoring of blood sugar levels by changes in the color of the hydrogel

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A sensor that continuously monitors the acidity level of the blood and responds to diabetes-based acidosis while producing insulin. [Courtesy of ETH Zurich]

A sensitive acidity sensor that initiates insulin production

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Photography from the intestinal cavity to their surface using a scanning electron microscope. You can see groups of bubbles protruding from the surface of the goblet cells, on their way to be released into the intestinal cavity. In a mouse without inflammasome, the bubbles are prominent but not secreted

Control, ripening and excrement

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Prof. Gal Beitan, UCLA, from a video accompanying the crowd funding request

Numbers that cut amyloids - a cure for degenerative diseases (in recruitment) for the masses

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Measuring blood sugar for a type 1 diabetic baby. Photo: shutterstock Sugar for a type 1 diabetic baby. Photo: 150699080

First clinical trial of treatment with a drug that is safe to use for type 1 diabetes patients (youth) near the time of their diagnosis

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Single cell populations in the intestine. Scanning electron microscope photograph of single-cell populations on top of intestinal epithelial cells

The second genome

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From the right: Sharina Shetrim, Prof. Rivka Polak, Itai Afudi, Prof. Sanford Sampson, Dr. Yaron Winik, Roi Yitzchak, Prof. Yehiel Zik, Dr. Eitan Elkhanani, Hadas Shatz-Azolai, Dr. Siglit Bora-Chalpon . resistance

Depression, diabetes and everything in between

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Dr. Eli Lewis (center) together with Eyal Ozari and another lab member - David Ohion. Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

A method of receiving pancreatic islet transplants between members of different species has been developed, by combining natural blood protein and a common drug

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The control of blood glucose levels by the hormones insulin and glucagon released from the pancreas. From Wikipedia

Combining hormones as a new treatment for diabetes and obesity

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Dr. Igor Kogan performs leg catheterization. Photo: Orna Nitzan.

The legs of hundreds of diabetics were saved from amputation in Rambam; data from the Hakhalit on the spread of the disease in Israel

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Prof. Michel Rebel at the Life Sciences Baltics 2012 conference. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Prof. Michel Rebel at the Life Sciences Baltics 2012 conference: "Stem cells can be used to restore the pancreatic islets of diabetic patients"

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