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Drug screen points toward novel diabetes treatments

A drug currently in clinical trials as a cancer therapy can also stimulate pancreatic beta cells to secrete insulin, revealing a previously unknown mechanism for insulin regulation in type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. The preclinical discovery provides a new chemical tool for probing the biology of diabetes, and could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

Social-behavioral findings can be highly replicable, six-year study by four labs suggests

Roughly two decades ago, a community-wide reckoning emerged concerning the credibility of published literature in the social-behavioral sciences, especially psychology. Several large scale studies attempted to reproduce previously published findings to no avail or to a much lesser magnitude, sending the credibility of the findings -- and future studies in social-behavioral sciences -- into question.

Mother takes son to US for life saving treatment

Catherine's son, George, has a rare condition that affects about 50 children in the UK each year.

One million people on more than one waiting list as NHS backlog grows

Scale of problem revealed for first time in England with some waiting for as many as five treatments.

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Drug screen points toward novel diabetes treatments

Social-behavioral findings can be highly replicable, six-year study by four labs suggests

Mother takes son to US for life saving treatment

One million people on more than one waiting list as NHS backlog grows

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