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Diabetes sniffer dogs? ‘Scent’ of hypos could aid development of new tests

27 Jun 2016

A chemical found in our breath could provide a flag to warn of dangerously-low blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to new...

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Ig-loos or Snow Villages at Oo-pung-ne-wing

Gene that once aided survival in the Arctic is found to have negative impact on health today

24 Oct 2014

Millennia-old genetic variant that once provided advantages for survival in cold climates increases risk of hypoglycemia and infant mortality.

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Sugar

Scientists identify cause of severe hypoglycaemia

07 Oct 2011

Research provides the prospect of effective drug treatments for the genetic disorder

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Artificial pancreas: 1. Glucose levels monitored continuously 2. Required insulin dose calculated 3. Insulin does delivered automatically

Artificial pancreas promise for common diabetes complication

15 Apr 2011

Cambridge research funded by the health charity Diabetes UK has for the first time successfully demonstrated the potential of an ‘artificial pancreas...

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