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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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...
Read more on George L. King, MD, Chief Scientific Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center Named to Newly Endowed Professorship at Harvard Medical School 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...
Read more on Long-running Joslin study leads to potential therapeutic target for people with type 1 diabetes Joslin Diabetes Center Physicians Recognized in Boston Magazine’s 2022 ‘Top Doctors’
BOSTON – Boston magazine has named 11 physicians and surgeons from four medical specialties affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center to its annual ‘Top Doctors’ guide. Drawing from a Castle Connolly...
Read more on Joslin Diabetes Center Physicians Recognized in Boston Magazine’s 2022 ‘Top Doctors’ Crosstalk between pancreatic cells may drive rare form of diabetes
Mutant digestive enzymes aggregate in nearby insulin-producing beta cells, triggering an inherited condition that may shed light on other diseases of the pancreas. In the pancreas, insulin-producing...
Read more on Crosstalk between pancreatic cells may drive rare form of diabetes Cracking the code for a new system of cell-to-cell signaling
Joslin researchers discover how cells select small microRNAs that are secreted in small vesicles called exosomes and regulate metabolism in other cells at a distance. Control of most bodily functions...
Read more on Cracking the code for a new system of cell-to-cell signaling Joslin Diabetes Center Joins Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cambridge and Boston, MA (November 1, 2021 ) – Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) and Joslin Diabetes Center (Joslin) today announced that Joslin has officially joined the BILH system. Joslin’s expertise...
Read more on Joslin Diabetes Center Joins Beth Israel Lahey Health Insulin resistance pinned to cell signaling defects that could act as therapy targets
Insulin resistance in the general population seems likely to be caused by a series of cell-specific signaling defects some of which appear to be sex-specific. In addition, only a portion of the...
Read more on Insulin resistance pinned to cell signaling defects that could act as therapy targets Newly discovered proteins provide protection against progression of kidney disease in diabetes
Elevated levels of three specific circulating proteins are associated with protection against kidney failure in diabetes, according to research from the Joslin Diabetes Center that will be published...
Read more on Newly discovered proteins provide protection against progression of kidney disease in diabetes Beth Israel Lahey Health and Joslin Diabetes Center Sign Definitive Agreement
Cambridge and Boston, MA (June 15, 2021) – Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) and Joslin Diabetes Center (Joslin) have signed a definitive agreement under which Joslin will join BILH and bring to the...
Read more on Beth Israel Lahey Health and Joslin Diabetes Center Sign Definitive Agreement Anti-VEGF treatment prevents vision threatening diabetic retinopathy complications but does not improve vision outcomes through 2 years
Two-year results from the Protocol W clinical trial of the DRCR Retina Network (formerly the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network) suggest that early treatment of pre-existing diabetic eye...
Read more on Anti-VEGF treatment prevents vision threatening diabetic retinopathy complications but does not improve vision outcomes through 2 years Pain receptors linked to the generation of energy-burning fat cells: implications for obesity therapy
Vascular smooth muscle-derived Trpv1+ progenitors have found to be a source of cold-induced "brown fat" BOSTON – April 12, 2021) – A new source of energy expending brown fat cells has been uncovered...
Read more on Pain receptors linked to the generation of energy-burning fat cells: implications for obesity therapy Kids’ metabolic health can be improved with exercise during pregnancy: here’s why
BOSTON – (March 25, 2021) – A mechanism has been identified that explains how physical exercise in pregnancy confers metabolic health benefits in offspring. According to researchers, the key lies with...
Read more on Kids’ metabolic health can be improved with exercise during pregnancy: here’s why A Message on Recent Racially-Motivated Incidents from Our President and CEO
To Our Joslin Community: Leadership and colleagues at Joslin Diabetes Center stand in support and solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American and Pacific Islander community at Joslin, in Longwood...
Read more on A Message on Recent Racially-Motivated Incidents from Our President and CEO Among Men with Type 2 Diabetes, Timing of Daily Physical Activity Linked to Fitness Levels and Cardiovascular Risks
BOSTON — (February 17, 2021) — Numerous studies have demonstrated the role of physical activity in improving heart health for patients with type 2 diabetes. But whether exercising at a certain time of...
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