Researchers combined electronic sensors with human islet cells to create living ‘cyborg’ organoids transmitting troves of ...

Our glycaemic balance is based on the ability of the pancreatic beta cells to detect glucose and secrete insulin to maintain our blood sugar levels. If these cells malfunction, the balance is broken, ...

A team of diabetes and obesity researchers led by Jonathan Campbell, PhD, at the Duke University School of Medicine, shows alpha cells in the pancreas unexpectedly churn out potent, insulin-boosting ...

Duke University scientists have discovered that pancreatic alpha cells, long believed to only produce glucagon, actually generate powerful amounts of GLP-1 — the same hormone mimicked by popular ...

Researchers at McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) have developed a ...

As people age, most maintain normal blood sugar even as insulin resistance tends to rise. New research suggests that ...

A new stem cell method produces more functional insulin-secreting cells that can restore blood sugar control in diabetic mice ...

In recent years, effective obesity treatments like Ozempic and Mounjaro have changed lives. These drugs mimic the effects of a hormone called GLP-1, which normally influences insulin levels and helps ...

Pancreatic islets from adult mice. On the left, islet composed of different types of endocrine cells. Right: pancreatic islet composed solely of beta cells. Our glycaemic balance is based on the ...