Findings suggest targeting neuro-immune pathway could lead to strategies for managing diabetes, obesity or some types of ...

This is a useful study that seeks to address the role of the TET family of DNA demethylation enzymes in pancreatic beta cell senescence in the context of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Although the concepts ...

In the newest study, the research team reports that the new, regenerated beta cells may be coming from an unexpected source: a second pancreatic cell type called alpha cells. Since alpha cells are ...

Since these pivotal discoveries, we now know that islets comprise the endocrine portion of the pancreas. Within islets, beta cells secrete insulin, and alpha cells secrete glucagon. Scientists ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have uncovered a significant link between age-related diabetes and the loss of ...

New study shows that the gene G6PC2 plays an important role in regulating glucagon, a hormone that raises blood sugar levels.

Shares of Sana Biotechnology (NASDAQ:SANA) rallied 270% post-market on positive results from a study of the transplantation of its allogeneic primary islet cell therapy UP421 into a patient with type ...