To keep your blood sugar level in check, a specific type of cell in your pancreas secretes insulin in response to any sugar ...

In 2010, Herrera and his researchers discovered that if beta cells die prematurely, the pancreatic cells responsible for producing other hormones such as glucagon, which counteracts insulin’s ...

Glucagon and Insulin Glucagon and insulin, another kind of hormone, should work as a team to keep your blood sugar in balance. The cells in your pancreas that make glucagon are similar to cells ...

Aberrant glucagon responses promoting hyperglycemia may be due to the impaired regulation of glucagon and insulin secretion, as well as disrupted alpha cell responses to insulin. 1,2 ...

On the right a portion of a beta cell (b), with its characteristic crystalline secretory granules, is seen (X1 4,000). Detail of an alpha-cell secretory granule is in the lower right corner (X100 ...

Amanda Smith has kicked insulin to the curb in what experts are calling a milestone in the fight against Type 1 diabetes.

CHICAGO -- An investigational allogeneic stem cell-derived islet-cell therapy helped almost all patients with type 1 diabetes ...

TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A single infusion of a new stem cell-based treatment may have helped 10 out of 12 ...

One-year data suggest allogeneic stem cell-derived islet-cell therapy could become a future option for those with type 1 ...