Weekly Diabetes News 2008-04-11

Hope For New Diabetes Treatments: Novel Gut-brain-liver Circuit ...
Science Daily (press release)
"This is a new approach in developing more effective methods to lower glucose or blood sugar levels in those who are obese or have diabetes," said Dr. Lam, ...

EU funds project for wireless-enabled diabetes management
EETimes.com
The project is being coordinated by Novo Nordisk A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) a world leader in diabetes care, and links 13 medical, industrial and academic ...

Experimental Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Patients Shows Promise
FOXBusiness
"Our findings suggest that the majority of patients with Type 1 diabetes who have received an islet transplant benefit from near normal metabolic control, ...

Research on intestines could key new diabetes drugs
Toronto Star, Canada
"The cure for diabetes is to lower blood glucose levels ... and this will be an innovative and effective approach to do that," says physiologist Tony Lam, ...