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A Noninvasive Glucose Monitor for Managing Diabetes

Natalia Mesa, PhD | Jul 20, 2023 | 3 min read

A new, invisible fluorescent patch continuously monitors blood glucose levels in mice.

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Connecting the Dots That Link Diabetes and Infection Severity

Deanna MacNeil, PhD | May 22, 2023 | 4 min read

Researchers shed light on the immunometabolism of respiratory infection, providing an avenue towards safer COVID-19 therapeutics for those affected by metabolic disorders.

A woman with diabetes checks her blood glucose levels using a wearable biosensor patch on her upper arm, transmitting the results to a smartphone.

Wearable Biosensors and Their Applications

Rebecca Roberts, PhD | 5 min read

Allowing users to continually monitor biological signals over time, wearable biosensors pave the way toward personalized healthcare.

A doctor checking a patient’s blood sugar levels using a glucometer on their ring finger.

An Implantable Device for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

Elina Kadriu | Apr 18, 2023 | 3 min read

Engineering of a novel device to treat T1D, featuring local immunosuppression and a vascularized cell reservoir to prolong islet cell survival.

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Opinion: New Diabetes Drug Signals Shift to Preventing Autoimmunity

Jane Buckner, MD and Carla Greenbaum, MD | Mar 1, 2023 | 4 min read

A therapy for type 1 diabetes is the first to treat patients before symptoms appear, paving the way toward preventing this and other autoimmune diseases.

Relevant Models Reflect Real-World Needs

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | 1 min read

Jie Sun shares how his curiosity, creativity, and motivation to address clinical public health needs steer his research in immunology and infectious disease.

a trio of infant mice, two brown mice on the ends and one white mouse in the middle

Mice Pass Epigenetic Tweaks to Pups

Katherine Irving | Feb 17, 2023 | 5 min read

An engineered methylation pattern persisted for four generations of mice, demonstrating transgenerational epigenetic inheritance can occur in mammals.

Genome Spotlight: Nile Rat (Avicanthis niloticus)

Christie Wilcox, PhD | Nov 23, 2022 | 4 min read

A reference sequence for this emerging model organism will facilitate research on type 2 diabetes and the health effects of circadian rhythm disruption.

Discover the microbiome’s role in diabetes

A Question of Balance: How the Gut Microbiome Influences Diabetes

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | 1 min read

The presence of beneficial or detrimental microbes pulls the host toward health or disease.

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Historic Adaptations May Now Make Us Susceptible to Disease

Dan Robitzski | Sep 16, 2022 | 5 min read

Researchers made the find using an algorithm that purportedly distinguishes between mutations that were selected for and those that came along for the ride by coincidence, a feat that has long eluded scientists.

Bright purple and orange lactobacillus bacteria.

How a Specific Gut Bacterium May Cause Type 1 Diabetes

Dan Robitzski | Aug 25, 2022 | 5 min read

A bacterium that produces an insulin-like peptide can give mice type 1 diabetes, and infection with the microbe seems to predict the onset of the disease in humans, a study finds.

Exposed: Environmental Echoes in Health - A Special Podcast Series

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and Van Andel Institute | 2 min read

Epigenetic experts discuss how environment and diet leave lasting impressions on the human genome.

Micrograph of a beta cell, where insulin granules are shown as blue small balls, mitochondria are colored green, and a fraction of the cell nucleus appears in purple.

Diabetes Linked to Malnutrition Is Metabolically Unique: Study

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Jun 16, 2022 | 5 min read

Results from a small sample of Indian males suggest that lean individuals with a history of malnutrition suffer from a distinct type of diabetes characterized by a defect in insulin secretion.

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Diabetes Marker Linked to COVID-19 Severity in Mice

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | May 16, 2022 | 3 min read

A sugar that’s less abundant in the blood of people with diabetes binds to SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein and disrupts the virus’s ability to fuse with cells.

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells surrounded by red blood cells in circulating blood.

Accelerating Immune Research with Cryopreserved Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and MilliporeSigma | 3 min read

Commerically-available peripheral blood mononuclear cells offer a well-characterized, accessible, and consistent model for immunology and therapeutic development.