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Columbia scientists are using CRISPR to create stem cells that could ultimately alleviate diabetes in rare neonatal cases and may lead to a cell therapy for more common forms of the disease.
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Columbia University has awarded the 2018 Naomi Berrie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research to David M. Nathan, MD.
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Increasingly, transformative therapies are being launched via startups emerging from university research labs, including those at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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A group of clinical trials showed that pregnant women can prevent excess weight gain with a healthy diet and physical activity.
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- August 19, 2013
A new study from the Mailman School of Public Health finds that obesity accounts for 18 percent of American deaths.
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- July 19, 2013
Inhibiting a protein in the diabetic liver may be a way to reduce two problems: producing too much glucose and storing too much fat.
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- July 3, 2013
Conventional wisdom says obesity is good for bones, but a new study of premenopausal women finds that belly fat is associated with poor bone quality.
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- June 18, 2013
Study of insulin-producing cells derived from skin of diabetes patients shows utility of iPS cells for study of human disease and as potential therapy.
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- June 17, 2013
Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss – results of a new study led by Columbia’s Dr. Anil Lalwani.
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- June 13, 2013
A Mailman School of Public Health study finds that low-income individuals would not be disproportionately affected by legislation to restrict consumption of large sugar-sweetened beverages.
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- June 4, 2013
Almost half of gastric bypass patients have their diabetes under control one year after surgery, a new study has found.
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- May 7, 2013
Type 1 diabetes appears to increase the risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death among people with high blood sugar, partly by stimulating production of a protein that sparks an inflammatory process.
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- March 1, 2013
With funding from ChildObesity180, schools around the country can implement an exercise program developed at CHALK.
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