Diabetes and Transcription Factors Related News
Test Vitamin D levels in pregnant women say researchers
MEDIA RELEASE:
03 Apr 2011
Garvan clinical researchers have identified widespread Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women as well as a very strong association between low Vitamin D levels and gestational diabetes. In a retrospective study of 147 women from a gestational diabetes clinic at Westmead Hospital, 41% were shown to be Vitamin D deficient.
How fatness gets forecast in the womb
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28 Jan 2011
Children born of mums with gestational diabetes will tend to become fat, say Garvan scientists, and the worse mum’s sugar levels during pregnancy, the fatter they will be.
Garvan Scientists acknowledged on World Diabetes Day
14 Nov 2010
Garvan diabetes research has been recognised by the Diabetes Australia Research Trust, which announced that several Garvan scientists would be receiving significant research support over the coming two years.
A potential new treatment for Type 2 diabetes
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06 May 2010
Garvan scientists propose that a drug, already being used to treat rare inherited disorders, may also help people with Type 2 diabetes. The drug in question increases levels of a protein that may restore insulin production in pancreatic insulin-producing cells.
Regulating the sugar factory in diabetes
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19 May 2009
Scientists at Garvan, Harvard Medical School and Joslin Diabetes Centre in Boston believe they may have identified a gene that controls abnormal production of sugar in the liver, a very troublesome problem for people with diabetes.
PhD student Sue Lynn Lau dances her way to Chicago
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24 Nov 2008
It was announced on Friday that Garvan endocrinologist and PhD student, Dr Sue Lynn Lau, had won the Graduate Student category of the AAAS Science “Dance your PhD” contest. Her winning entry is on YouTube and interprets her PhD, The role of vitamin D in beta-cell function.
Garvan scientist wins L’Oréal For Women In Science Fellowship
26 Sep 2007
Senior Garvan scientist, Dr Jenny Gunton, was one of four inspirational early career scientists to be awarded an inaugural L’Oréal For Women In Science Fellowship in late August. The award will help Gunton pursue her interest in the link between Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes and Vitamin D.
Scientists discover obesity gene!
03 Nov 2004
Garvan Diabetes and Obesity researchers have discovered a gene that may explain why some people put on fat a lot easier than others.
