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Common diabetes drug may prevent breast cancer in those at risk
If everything goes as hoped, Victoria L. Seewaldt, M.D., may find a way to turn back the clock on cancer.   Seewaldt, City of Hope’s Ruth Ziegler Chair in Population Sciences...
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...
Driving diabetes medicine forward: Meet Ping Wang, M.D.
Ping H. Wang, M.D., speaks softly and rarely refers to himself, preferring to give credit to everybody else.    Ping H. Wang, M.D. But don’t mistake self-effacement for lack of passion...
COVID-19 and Diabetes: The latest information about the risks
Back in March, as the novel coronavirus began to spread across the United States and the world, we spoke to Fouad Kandeel, M.D., Ph.D., professor of the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism at...
Diabetes Awareness Month: Preventing diabetic foot complications
November is National Diabetes Month, when health care professionals and organizations strive to bring greater awareness to the disease and its impact. Diabetes is increasingly prevalent, and it...
City of Hope opens investigational vaccine trial for type 1 diabetes
A City of Hope phase 1 trial featuring an investigational vaccine that uses a person’s own immune cells, a beta cell protein and vitamin D3 to potentially treat type 1...
Diabetes researcher hunts down disease’s earliest traces
It can start with any number of symptoms — unquenchable thirst, constant bathroom trips, a lingering run-down feeling or weight dropping off for no apparent reason. In extreme cases, people...