insulin-dependent diabetes


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Related to insulin-dependent diabetes: Juvenile diabetes mellitus, Diabetes mellitus type 1

in·su·lin-de·pen·dent diabetes

or in·su·lin-de·pen·dent diabetes mellitus (ĭn′sə-lĭn-dĭ-pĕn′dənt)
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SERAXIS has a proprietary cell line and technology to manufacture transplant-ready pancreatic islets for treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes.
MUNICH - British commercial pilots with insulin-dependent diabetes are flying safely, thanks to a rigorous protocol of hourly blood glucose monitoring during every flight.
* Type 1 diabetes (or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus): In this condition, the pancreas do not produce the required amount of insulin, leading to high blood glucose levels.
Through its OmniPod Insulin Management System, Insulet expands the use of insulin pump therapy among people with insulin-dependent diabetes.
The technologies relate to the development of stem cells into glucose-responsive therapeutic cells for the treatment of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is often known as insulin-dependent diabetes. It's also sometimes known as juvenile diabetes or early-onset diabetes because it usually develops before the age of 40, often during the teenage years.
The rate of incidence of type-1 insulin-dependent diabetes in Bahrain was not more than 8 cases among 100,000 population in the year 2000AD and has reached 25 cases per 100,000 population now, according to a research study conducted by Dr.
The research by scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) and UC San Diego School of Medicine suggests that encapsulated hESC-dcrivcd insulin-producing cells hold great promise as an effective and safe cell-replacement therapy for insulin-dependent diabetes.
This form was previously referred to as "insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" (IDDM) or "juvenile diabetes".
There are two types: type 1, or insulin-dependent diabetes, which is caused when the body attacks its own insulin supplies, and type 2, where the body fails to produce enough insulin.
A PREGNANT WOMAN had pregestational insulin-dependent diabetes. She was not given insulin despite having an elevated blood glucose level at admission and during 26 hours of labor.
Insulin treatment has been the gold standard for type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes) in humans since its discovery in 1922, but even optimal regulation of type 1 diabetes with insulin atone cannot restore normal glucose tolerance.

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