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Developmental origins of beta-cell failure in type 2 diabetes: the role of epigenetic mechanisms.
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Progressive deterioration of beta-cell reserves may be the reason, researchers said.
Clue to What Makes Lyme Bacteria Tick Ann Lukits 2011
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Role of metabolic programming in the pathogenesis of beta-cell failure in postnatal life.
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She interpreted her thesis, "The role of vitamin D in beta-cell function" in a sort-of ballet.
Dance Your Ph.D. Contest Winners Peggy 2008
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She interpreted her thesis, "The role of vitamin D in beta-cell function" in a sort-of ballet.
Archive 2008-11-01 Peggy 2008
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This is the YA about a 13-year-old girl in the near future who was conceived in vitro to be a placental beta-cell donor for her sister with leukemia.
REading Update 2007
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This is the YA about a 13-year-old girl in the near future who was conceived in vitro to be a placental beta-cell donor for her sister with leukemia.
SeeLight: 2007
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Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents, (as also in adults) is due to a combination of insensitivity to insulin and relative failure of beta-cell secretion.
With proper care, adolescents with diabetes can lead full and healthy lives 2008
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There are a number of genetic and environmental risk factors for insensitivity to insulin and limited beta-cell reserves, including ethnicity, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, family history of type 2 diabetes, puberty, low birth weight, exposure to diabetes in the uterus, and female gender.
With proper care, adolescents with diabetes can lead full and healthy lives 2008
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“In a study appearing in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Takashi Kadowaki and colleagues from the University of Tokyo, Japan, show that in mice with high-fat diet–induced insulin resistance, changes in glucose concentration are likely to be the main trigger of increased beta-cell mass.”
Low-carb diets reduce oxidative stress | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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