diabetes

April 22, 2019

Asia’s diabetes epidemic preferentially kills women, the middle-aged: study

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in Asia and has dramatically increased the risk of premature death, especially among women and middle-aged people, a multinational study led by Vanderbilt University researchers has found.

By Bill Snyder
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January 17, 2019

Building a pancreas

Vanderbilt investigators are defining the genetic programs that control the development of pancreatic beta cells — studies that could inform new cellular or regenerative therapies for diabetes.

By Leigh MacMillan
Dae Kwang Jung, left, Brian Engelhardt, MD, MSCI, and colleagues are studying why stem cell transplant patients are at risk of developing diabetes.
January 17, 2019

Research explores link between stem cell transplant, diabetes

About a decade ago, at the beginning of his career in academic medicine, Brian Engelhardt, MD, MSCI, noticed that many of his patients receiving a stem cell transplant for their blood cancer ended up with diabetes.

By VUMC News and Communications
Raymond Blind, PhD, left, Xin Tong, PhD, Rachana Haliyur, PhD, and Marcela Brissova, PhD, are part of a research team that discovered new information about the cellular dysfunction that occurs with a rare form of diabetes.
January 17, 2019

Study points to alternate therapy for rare form of diabetes

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers say an unexpected finding during the cellular analysis of human pancreatic tissue has revealed new information about a rare type of diabetes and underscores the importance of genetic testing for some individuals diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

By Jill Clendening
January 10, 2019

Bile acids mediate metabolic benefits of weight-loss surgery

A team of Vanderbilt investigators has pinpointed the role of bile acids and a specific signaling pathway in the positive metabolic effects of weight-loss surgery.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 29, 2018

Green tea and diabetes

In a large population study of Chinese adults, Vanderbilt researchers found that green tea drinking increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 29, 2018

Beta cell biomarker findings may speed diabetes research

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified a biomarker for insulin-producing beta cells. Their finding, reported this month in the journal Cell Metabolism, could lead to improved ways to study and treat diabetes.
By Bill Snyder
November 29, 2018

Parsing diabetic skin infections

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a role for an inflammatory mediator in diabetic skin infections, suggesting new therapeutic targets for this common complication of diabetes.
By Paul Govern
November 8, 2018

Obesity negates beneficial drug effects

A drug that improves levels of “good” cholesterol may not be beneficial for obese individuals, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 8, 2018

Diabetes Day 2018

Outstanding research achievement was recognized during last week’s Diabetes Day at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 12, 2018

Targeting diabetic kidney disease

Pathways activated by the epidermal growth factor receptor may be attractive targets to treat diabetic kidney disease, according to new findings from Vanderbilt investigators.
By Sanjay Mishra
October 11, 2018

Insulin accelerant

It’s possible to increase the permeability of blood vessels and accelerate insulin action in muscle, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
By Laura Daniel
September 14, 2018

Diabetes drug may prevent cancer

The research suggests that metformin should be further studied clinically for the prevention of liver cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications