«It's well known in IVF clinics that if you have high glucose concentrations in cell culture, it favours survival of male blastocysts,» says Mathews. (newscientist.com)
Cohen says that in the future, clinicians may be able to use certain compounds, such as sweet - receptor blockers, to activate the solitary chemosensory cell innate defense pathway, even in the presence of pathologically high glucose concentrations, to help regulate bacterial growth and prevent harmful infections and chronic inflammation. (sciencedaily.com)
Using a blood test to diagnose diabetes isn't always straightforward, because healthy cats under stress (as they may experience in a veterinary clinic) often have high glucose concentrations in their blood (called stress hyperglycemia). (www2.vet.cornell.edu)