Diabetes

Biomarker, tissue study shows body composition in patients treated with Ozempic
By Liz Carey
Artificial intelligence tools may aid healthcare teams in monitoring the negative impacts of weight loss and diabetes drugs.
September 20, 2024
30-year-old woman with semaglutide use. Patient had stopped semaglutide use 36 days prior to post-semaglutide scan. Patient's weight was 148 kg on pre-semaglutide scan and 176 kg on post-semaglutide scan. Patient was thus assigned to weight-gain group. (A) Coronal maximum-intensity projection (MIP) image from pre-semaglutide scan shows organ segmentations. (B) Axial image from pre-semaglutide scan at L3 level shows color-coded tissue segmentations. (C) Coronal MIP image from post-semaglutide scan shows organ segmentations. (D) Axial image from post-semaglutide scan at L3 level shows color-coded tissue segmentations. Segmented visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is colored yellow, subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) is colored blue, skeletal muscle is colored red, liver is colored red, and spleen (not evaluated in present investigation) is colored orange. On pre- and post-semaglutide scans, VAT area was 358.5 cm2 and 412.1 cm2, muscle area was 186.8 cm2 and 225.2 cm2, muscle attenuation was -5.2 HU and -11.0 HU, liver volume was 2,579 and 3,851 mL, and liver attenuation was 77.8 HU and 59.2 HU, respectively. Images and caption courtesy of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Vertex to pay $25M upfront to scale cell manufacturing technology
By LabPulse.com staff writers
As part of the deal, Vertex was also willing to pay up to $215 million in milestones achieved in connection with the development of a scaled-up process for fully differentiated islet cells.
April 25, 2024
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Study: Novel type of inhibitor may prevent microvascular diabetic complications
By Matt Limb
A new type of inhibitor drug could prevent microvascular diabetic complications, such as diabetic eye and kidney disease, research suggests.
February 15, 2024
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Researchers ID potential predictive biomarkers for CVD in type 2 diabetes
By LabPulse.com staff writers
An analysis conducted by an international research team has identified 13 biomarkers that may improve the accuracy of predicting risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people with type 2 diabetes.
January 25, 2024
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Optithera, ELNA Medical Group, Génome Québec partner on diabetes complications risk assessment test
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Optithera, ELNA Medical Group, and Génome Québec have signed an agreement to further develop and distribute a genomic test to predict the risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.
January 18, 2024
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U.K. researchers recommend routine diabetes screening in EDs
By Matt Limb
Diabetes screening should be introduced for patients attending hospital emergency departments (EDs) to prompt earlier treatment where necessary and reduce major health risks, say researchers.
October 10, 2023
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Proteomics study finds plasma proteins linked with type 2 diabetes, diabetic complications
By Matt Limb
An analysis of plasma proteins found to be linked with type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications may help develop therapeutic targets, researchers write in an article published in Cell Reports Medicine.
September 8, 2023
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Epigenetic study links DNA methylation to diseases including breast cancer and diabetes
By Nick Paul Taylor
Through the analysis, the researchers identified 69 associations between CpGs and the prevalence of breast cancer, chronic kidney disease, ischemic heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. The majority of the associations had not previously been described.
July 12, 2023
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Saudi Arabia IVD market rose to $605M in 2022: Kalorama
By Daniel Granderson
The market was driven in part by COVID-19 testing, with about 44 million PCR COVID-19 tests performed through last August.
June 19, 2023
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Gene discovered using DNA analysis may help prevent steroid-induced diabetes
By Elissa Wolfson
A gene that maintains normal blood-sugar levels may provide clues for preventing steroid-induced diabetes resulting from corticosteroid treatment for inflammation.
June 14, 2023
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Machine learning models, blood biomarkers in research predict future disease risk
By Nick Paul Taylor
Researchers found that analyzing genomic information and blood biomarkers is more accurate and cost-effective than analyzing genomic data alone.
June 12, 2023
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Blood sugar maintenance mechanism revealed in DNA study
By Elissa Wolfson
DNA study reveals how healthy blood sugar levels are maintained after eating — and how that process may go wrong in type 2 diabetes.
June 9, 2023
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