News: diabetes

Research led by Amnon Schlegel, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and an Investigator with the University of Utah Molecular Medicine...

Wyatt Rory Hume, D.D.S., Ph.D., took the reins of the University of Utah School of Dentistry on May 15. We sat down with the new dean to get to know...

The University of Utah’s Diabetes and Metabolism Center (DMC) has awarded grants to seven projects designed to advance research and practices to improve outcomes for those impacted by diabetes, metabolic...

Inheriting a mutation in the APC gene leads to a nearly 100% lifetime risk of colorectal cancer. While colon cancer can be kept at bay by removing the large intestine...

Doxycycline could be first non-surgical treatment of potentially fatal problem

University of Utah biochemist Danny Chou, Ph.D., is one of four researchers worldwide to receive a grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi US...

Scientists have created a novel, long-lasting "smart" insulin that self-activates when blood sugar soars. Tests on mouse models for type 1 diabetes show that one injection works for a minimum...

An implantable device for people who are obese has won the FDA's approval. But a doctor says it's too early to recommend it.

Lowering your AC before bedtime may lead to metabolic improvements, including reducing your risk for diabetes. Will it help you lose weight, too?

For patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the very drug on which their life depends - injectable insulin - can create complications. Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative has...

New space to study children's and families' cancers, advance risk assessment and prevention, develop pre-clinical research models, increase advanced therapeutics, improve survivorship, address health disparities, and create new biotechnology center

Four new genes have been added to the growing list of those known to cause increased breast cancer risk when mutated through the efforts of researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute...

2012 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Science discusses his work to understand conflicts between pathogens and cells.

University of Utah Health Care is one of several prestigious health care systems featured in the article by Thomas H. Lee and Toby Cosgrove, titled "Engaging Doctors in the Health...

Many illnesses are easily cured with a visit to your doctor and a trip to the pharmacy. But a trio of baffling conditions has kept researchers hard at work for...