Back-to-back papers in today’s Science shed new light on the role that insulin and heat shock proteins may play in the aging process. Gerald Shulman and colleagues at Yale University School of ...

Karin said the researchers would like to further develop E7 as a clinically useful alternative to insulin "because we have every reason to believe that it is unlikely to cause insulin shock." Gu, L., ...

January 26, 2010 — Intensive insulin therapy does not show a survival benefit for patients treated with hydrocortisone for septic shock, according to the results of a multicenter, 2 x 2-factorial, ...

Treating adults with septic shock with intensive insulin therapy to counter elevated blood glucose levels associated with corticosteroid therapy did not result in a reduced risk of in-hospital death, ...

In a study conducted in rats, scientists have determined that drugs that block the action of a group of DNA-repair enzymes can protect brain cells from damage triggered by an overdose of insulin. If ...

About 50% of the inmates of U. S. insane asylums are there on account of a deteriorated mental-emotional condition variously called dementia praecox, schizophrenia or split personality. Therefore the ...

People with diabetes who rely on insulin have seen the cost of that drug triple in just a decade -- even as doctors have prescribed higher doses to drive down their blood sugar levels. Meanwhile, the ...

Just over a century has passed since the discovery of insulin, a time period during which the therapeutic powers of the hormone have broadened and refined. Insulin is an essential treatment for type 1 ...