insulin dependent diabetes
Stem cells may spur heart growth
Researchers at Washington University have shown that they can put mouse embryonic stem cells to work building the heart, potentially moving science a big step closer to heart disease treatments that use human cells. Reporting in the journal Cell Stem ...
A charity offering care and support to people with and their carers. Includes a limited range of information but some useful links, mainly about insulin dependent diabetes.Also called: Adult onset diabetes, Non-insulin dependent diabetes, “Sugar”Insulin-dependent diabetes; Juvenile onset diabetes; There are several forms of diabetes. Type 1 is often called juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes.Often, though, IDDM has a much greater impact on a person's life than the more common adult onset form of diabetes, known as non-insulin dependent (NIDDM).Correctly determining whether a patient has type 1 or type 2 diabetes is important because patients with type 1 are dependent on a continuous source of exogenous insulin and carbohydrates Insulin is produced by the beta cells of