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Cellular Reprogramming: Science’s Breakthrough Of The Year

Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationDiabetes

In its annual list of the year’s top ten scientific breakthroughs, the journal Science has given top honors to research that produced “made-to-order” cell lines by reprogramming cells from ill patients. These cell lines, and the techniques for producing them, offer long-sought tools for understanding — and hopefully someday curing — difficult-to-study diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and type 1 diabetes.

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Health Canada Advises Diabetic Patients About The Risk Of Inaccurate Blood Glucose Readings With Certain Types Of Glucose Meters

Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationDiabetes

Health Canada is advising Canadians who rely on blood glucose meters that some medical products may interfere with test results and lead to falsely elevated glucose readings. Diabetic patients who may be exposed to the medical products described below are encouraged to determine what type of meter they are using to better understand the reliability of their glucose readings.

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New Gene Found To Be Associated With Widely-used Marker Of Blood Glucose Concentration

Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationDiabetes

Scientists have found that genetic variation at the hexokinase-1 gene is linked to variation in the blood concentration of glycated hemoglobin, an index of long-term blood glucose concentration widely used in the follow-up of diabetes patients. The study, conducted by researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA, is published December 19 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.

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