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Diabetes-Reversing Drug, Hydrogen-Powered Ferry, and TDIH - "Wrong Way" Corrigan

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

A new drug that could potentially reverse the effects of diabetes, the world’s first commercial hydrogen-powered ferry is set to run in San Francisco, and on This Day in History, while heading to California, a pilot “accidentally” lands in Ireland 28 hours later. Diabetes-reversing drug boosts insulin-producing cells by 700% (newatlas.com) World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride | AP News Wrong-Way Corrigan (nationalgeographic.org) When Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan Accidentally Flew to Ireland Instead of California (mentalfloss.com) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home. As always, Marcus Paff and Reggie Rizzou with you on today's episode, a new drug that could potentially reverse the effects of diabetes.

1:14.6

The world's first commercial hydrogen-powered ferry is set to run in San Francisco.

1:19.6

Plus, on this day in history, while heading to California, a pilot accidentally, air quotes, lands in Ireland 28 hours later.

1:28.3

We'll have the details coming up on cool stuff.

1:31.3

For a story from New Atlas, based on research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine,

1:38.3

individuals with diabetes may soon have a new treatment option available to them.

1:43.3

Scientists have tested a new drug therapy in diabetic mice,

1:46.7

determining that it boosted insulin-producing cells by 700% over three months,

1:53.2

effectively reversing the disease.

1:56.2

Beta cells in the pancreas have the important job of producing insulin

1:59.6

in response to blood sugar levels.

2:01.6

But a chief characteristic of diabetes is that these cells are either destroyed or simply unable to produce enough insulin.

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