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Stanford University’s medical school received $1.2 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for the training of stem cell researchers.

The leader of the stem-cell unit at the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today he will leave the NIH to join the private sector at a biotech company called Invitrogen in Carlsbad, California.

Paramus-based Community Blood Services (a non-profit organization) will expand its umbilical cord blood laboratory and move it to an industrial park in Allendale.

Cocktail of the two drugs, the anti-CD3 antibody and proinsulin peptide, developed by scientistsin California, can reverse Type 1 diabetes, which usually starts in childhood and occurs when the immune system turns on itself and attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas.

Boca Medical Products, Inc., of Coral Springs, Florida is initiating a recall of 3984 boxes of Ultilet Insulin Syringe 30g 1/2cc product lot number 5GEXI as displayed on the inner case, due to possible bacterial presence.

Asian diabetics vulnerability to the disease is almost invisible. That means doctors and patients often don’t suspect diabetes until patients begin to suffer side effects, such as blurred vision, extreme thirst, excessive urination, or other complications.

Canadian Diabetes Association is collecting cell phones as part of project Redial that will support over 50 thousand people living with Diabetes in Saskatchewan throughout April.

A team from the University of Bristol have discovered what causes a condition which can lead to people with diabetes having to have lower limbs amputated.

Insulin that can be inhaled rather than injected has been rejected by NHS advisers on grounds of cost.

Steven Edelman, a diabetic who is an endocrinologist and a medical professor at the University of California San Diego and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, says that, diabetes is one of the most treatable diseases in the world, especially if it’s treated early. However, doctors believe that diabetes can usually be delayed or even halted through [...]