sugars

A Sweet Treatment for Diabetes

Sugar Molecule Protects Mice Against Type 1 Diabetes

Monday, November 23, 2020

Avoiding too much sugar is one of the cardinal rules for those who have or are at risk for diabetes. In fact, diabetes is characterized by having too much glucose, a form of sugar, in the blood. As a result, it came as quite a surprise to IRP researchers led by senior investigator Wanjun Chen, M.D., when they discovered that a particular form of sugar that they expected to have no effect on diabetes-prone mice actually protected them from developing type 1 diabetes.

Early Women Scientists of NIH, Part 1

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

This month we’ll be looking at lesser-known early women scientists at the National Institutes of Health. They did solid work and were leaders in their field, but for some reason, they aren’t well-known.