High blood sugar levels ‘reprogramme’ stem cells
Findings explain higher risk of heart attack in people with diabetes, even after treatment .
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High blood sugar levels ‘reprogramme’ stem cells
14 July 2021
Findings explain higher risk of heart attack in people with diabetes, even after treatment .
PTH infused insulin pump used as an alternative treatment for young patients with ADH1
13 July 2021
Queen Mary University of London and OCDEM researchers develop alternative treatment for patients as young as three months.
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DNA breakthrough could help identify why some people are more affected by Covid-19
10 June 2021
Scientists from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine have developed a method that allows them to see, with far greater accuracy, how DNA forms large scale structures within a cell nucleus.
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