diabetes

Type 1 diabetes can be a rare but serious side effect of a cancer treatment that use what are known as immune checkpoint inhibitors. In a new study in mice, researchers in Japan have shown that administering stem cell therapy could help prevent this.Many types of cancer use a devious trick to defend themselves from the immune system – they trigger a “checkpoint” system that deactivates immune cells that come to attack the tumor. A major form of cancer immunotherapy targets this process, releasing the brakes and allowing…

Obesity is by far the most common risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but one in five people diagnosed with the disease are of a normal weight. A new test promises a novel way to estimate diabetes risk by looking for patterns of molecules in blood samples that correspond with obesity-related metabolic changes, regardless of a person’s actual weight.Obesity has been associated with a massively heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes. And one of the most effective ways to prevent, or even reverse, type 2 diabetes is by…