Selected Summer Publications from Joslin Faculty

Selected Summer Publications from Joslin Faculty

At Joslin, our researchers are making incredible discoveries that improve diabetes care and move us closer to a cure. Below are selected academic publications led by Joslin faculty issued in June...
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Study Reverses Long-Held Ideas About Relationship Among Diabetes, Fat and Cardiovascular Disease

Study Reverses Long-Held Ideas About Relationship Among Diabetes, Fat and Cardiovascular Disease

Joslin Diabetes Center researchers studied the relationship among diabetes, fat and cardiovascular disease, finding that blood vessels are a key regulator of brown fat and energy metabolism.
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Gut Microbe Peptide Implicated in Triggering Type 1 Diabetes

Gut Microbe Peptide Implicated in Triggering Type 1 Diabetes

Joslin Diabetes Center research finds a link between a gut bacterium and the development of type 1 diabetes in children at genetic risk of this disease.
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Your New Career Starts Here

Your New Career Starts Here

Join our team and build a career with one of the leading healthcare systems in Massachusetts! We’re hiring nurses at all levels, support service workers, clinical support team members and more. No matter the role, every team member makes a difference in people’s lives. Help us advance our mission to bring top quality health care to all in our communities. Apply today!
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Cold Temps May Help to Combat Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases by Reducing Inflammation, Researchers Find

Cold Temps May Help to Combat Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases by Reducing Inflammation, Researchers Find

Joslin Diabetes Center's research team found that exposure to cold temperatures can reduce inflammation, which may promote weight loss and metabolic health.
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Grandmaternal exercise has benefits for grand offspring, researchers find

Grandmaternal exercise has benefits for grand offspring, researchers find

Exercise during pregnancy could help reduce worldwide incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes BOSTON – For eight months at the end of World War II, the Nazis blocked food supplies to the Netherlands...
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Controlling blood sugar may improve response to exercise training

Controlling blood sugar may improve response to exercise training

BOSTON – Exercise carries a long list of benefits for everyone. For people with metabolic diseases like pre-diabetes, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, physical activity can help keep blood sugar...
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Joslin Diabetes Center Receives $8.5 Million for NIH-Sponsored Diabetes Research Center (DRC) Program

Joslin Diabetes Center Receives $8.5 Million for NIH-Sponsored Diabetes Research Center (DRC) Program

Boston, MA – (April 21, 2022) – Joslin Diabetes Center, the preeminent institution for diabetes research and care, affiliated with Harvard Medical School and a part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, has...
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Dr. Pricilla White's legacy changed diabetes care

Dr. Pricilla White's legacy changed diabetes care

As we come together to celebrate women's achievements for Women’s History Month, Joslin Diabetes Center honors the important work of Priscilla White, M.D. White, starting in the 1920’s was a pioneer...
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Dr. Rosas joins study focused on improving kidney transplant outcomes

Dr. Rosas joins study focused on improving kidney transplant outcomes

At Joslin Diabetes Center, we are proud to be the global leader in diabetes research. This important research includes identifying ways to improve diabetes-related issues such as kidney disease...
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George L. King, MD, Chief Scientific Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center Named to Newly Endowed Professorship at Harvard Medical School

George L. King, MD, Chief Scientific Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center Named to Newly Endowed Professorship at Harvard Medical School

Boston – (March 11, 2022) – Joslin Diabetes Center is pleased to announce that Chief Scientific Officer George L. King, MD, section head of vascular cell biology, has been named the inaugural...
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Women in Diabetes Research and Care

Women in Diabetes Research and Care

In recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022, meet some of the relentless, strong and heroic women leading the pioneering care and research at Joslin Diabetes Center.
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Long-running Joslin study leads to potential therapeutic target for people with type 1 diabetes

Long-running Joslin study leads to potential therapeutic target for people with type 1 diabetes

Researchers demonstrate enzyme can protect kidneys against toxic effects of hyperglycemia in mouse models BOSTON – Nearly two million Americans have type 1 diabetes, a condition in which the body does...
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Women in Science and Medicine

Women in Science and Medicine

February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and Joslin is proud to recognize all of the women who work in science and medicine at Joslin.
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Joslin and COVID-19

Joslin and COVID-19

Joslin is committed to providing a safe environment for our staff and patients and therefore all COVID-19 prevention practices remain in place at Joslin. Please note: If you are coming to Joslin for...
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