Of those, 49 patients showed a C-peptide level greater than 200 pmol/L, of whom 38 were re-classified with type 2 diabetes, and 11 patients await re-classification and monogenic diabetes results.

Although ‘lean type 2 diabetes’ is not uncommon, clinicians must first exclude other causes including autoimmune, monogenic, ...

Once-daily oral verapamil may help preserve stimulated C-peptide secretion for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in JAMA. In findings from a randomized ...

Cardiologist Dr Alok Chopra emphasises the importance of testing insulin levels as normal blood sugar can hide insulin ...

These stem-like cells, found also in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), can be reactivated to form new pancreatic tissue when stimulated with specific growth factors. Earlier work at the DRI ...

Jeyam A, Colhoun H, McGurnaghan S, et al. Clinical impact of residual C-peptide secretion in type 1 diabetes on glycemia and microvascular complications. Diabetes Care 2021;44:390-398.

Vertex has been conducting a phase 1/2 study of this cell and device approach to measure whether it led to an increase in peak C-peptide—a biomarker of insulin production—in individuals with ...