Diabetes

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Chronic marijuana use by donors tied to poor outcomes in islet transplantation
As more states and countries legalize marijuana, it stands to reason that more people are using the drug for medical and recreational reasons. In fact, a recent Gallup survey found...
Progress on many fronts in quest to cure type 1 diabetes
The need for innovative science to address type 1 diabetes only grows more urgent. The JDRF counts 1.6 million people living with the disease in the U.S., and that number is increasing...
New islet cell transplant technique life-changing for diabetes patient
Jodi Cruz never expected to be this healthy, or this lucky, or possibly even alive, by now.   That’s because the 45-year-old mother of three from Irvine, California, had struggled...
Top Biochemist to Lead New Department Focused on Cancer and Diabetes Link
Biochemist Charles Brenner, Ph.D., has joined City of Hope to lead the nation’s first research department focused on the intersection between cancer and diabetes. He is also the inaugural holder...
Doctor details link between diabetes and ovarian cancer
At a recent virtual symposium — “Diabetes and Cancer Interface: Connecting the Dots” — City of Hope gynecologic cancer expert Lorna Rodríguez-Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., issued a call to arms of...
City of Hope receives $15 million grant for islet cell research program
During her more than 30 years at City of Hope, Joyce Niland, Ph.D., the Estelle & Edward Alexander Chair in Information Sciences, has helped design, build and operate City of...
How does COVID-19 affect type 1 diabetics?
With the coronavirus devastatingly resurgent this fall and cases spiking in areas previously untouched by the ravages of the pandemic, millions of people with underlying conditions know that they must...
Safety trial for type 1 diabetes vaccine yields positive results
Bart Roep, Ph.D. An innovative, first-of-its kind vaccine that uses a person’s own immune cells and vitamin D3 to treat type 1 diabetes is both safe and feasible, according to research...
New cancer and diabetes chair asks all the right questions
For Charles Brenner, Ph.D., it’s all about the questions.   “I want to ask the question nobody else will ask,” he said. “We generally don’t know what we don’t know...
Kidney disease and diabetes: Searching for answers at the molecular level
From a certain vantage, the quest to defeat diabetes encompasses more than just one disease. Diabetes can affect many systems in the body over time, with complications potentially arising in...