Health News: [diabetes ]: Residents of Fontana and other cities benefit from free health care event

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Health News : diabetes - News from Yahoo !   'Reverse Vaccine' May Fight Type 1 Diabetes Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 11:12 AM PDT A "reverse vaccine" is showing promise in protecting the insulin-producing cells in people with Type I diabetes, researchers said after an early clinical trial. Continue reading

Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Residents of Fontana and other cities benefit from free health care event Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 01:07 PM PDT Area residents received free health care in San Bernardino last weekend. (Herald News photo by Alejandro Cano) Fontana resident Iliana Quintero, 55, cannot drive during the daytime, much less at night, due to blurred vision caused by glaucoma -- one of the many problems generated by diabetes. Continue reading Waisman scientists model human disease in stem cells Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 12:45 PM PDT Many scientists use animals to model human diseases. Mice can be obese or display symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Rats get Alzheimer's and diabetes. But animal models are seldom perfect, and so scientists are looking at a relatively new type of stem cell, called the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS ... Continue reading Breakthrough 'reverse' vaccine may help combat Type 1 diabetes Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 12:07 PM PDT In a breakthrough clinical trial, Stanford University researchers have created a never-before-seen vaccine that utilizes modified DNA to shut down specific sections of the immune system. Continue reading Experimental type 1 diabetes vaccine shows potential in early study Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 12:06 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - An early stage study suggests an experimental vaccine may be able to tame bits of the immune system that go haywire in people with type 1 diabetes, offering hope for a new way to delay or prevent the autoimmune disease, researchers... Continue reading UCI receives $2M for juvenile diabetes research Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 12:06 PM PDT Researchers at UC Irvine have received $2.27 million for two projects aimed at treating juvenile, or type 1, diabetes, the university announced Wednesday. The grants come from JDRF, formerly called the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In type 1... Continue reading DNA 'reverse' vaccine reduces levels of immune cells believed responsible for Type 1 diabetes Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 11:48 AM PDT A clinical trial of a vaccine, led by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers and designed to combat Type 1 diabetes, has delivered initially promising results, suggesting that it may selectively counter the errant immune response that causes the disease. Continue reading UCI researchers awarded $2.27 million to create novel diabetes treatments Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 11:44 AM PDT ( University of California - Irvine ) Two UC Irvine research groups have received $2.27 million from the JDRF to develop innovative methods of treating and possibly curing Type 1 diabetes. Continue reading Type 1 diabetes vaccine shows promise in early study: researchers Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 11:40 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - An early stage study suggests an experimental vaccine may be able to tame bits of the immune system that go haywire in people with type 1 diabetes, offering hope for a new way to delay or prevent the autoimmune disease, researchers said on Wednesday.         Continue reading $2.27M grants fund research into diabetes treatments Wed, 26 Jun, 2013 11:36 AM PDT IRVINE — Two UC Irvine research groups have received $2.27 million from the JDRF to develop innovative methods of treating and possibly curing Type 1 diabetes. Continue reading

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