Insulin-producing human pancreas cells can be manufactured with 3D printers, researchers reported at the International Transplant Congress underway in London.

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the ...

In a small cell therapy trial, 10 out of 12 people with type 1 diabetes no longer needed supplemental insulin, even a year after treatment.

Tsimikas, vice president of San Diego’s Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, helped deliver positive news for the estimated 7 million Americans who take insulin every day to manage their type 2 ...

Your brain makes insulin—the same insulin produced by your pancreas. The same insulin that is not produced in people with type 1 diabetes and the same insulin that does not work properly in people ...

(A) Overview of the seven-stage differentiation protocol performed in a 3D culture system. (B) Frequency of C-peptide (C-pep) and glucagon (GCG) positive cells in 5 cell lines (HUES8, RC9, LUMC ...

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 ...

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder caused by a decline in the function of insulin-producing beta-cells in the pancreas (type 1 diabetes) or by peripheral insulin resistance and reduced beta-cell ...

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 ...

If beta cells die prematurely, the endocrine cells normally responsible for producing other hormones, such as glucagon or somatostatin, can start producing insulin.

Insulin and glucagon work in a cycle. Glucagon interacts with the liver to increase blood sugar, while insulin reduces blood sugar by helping the cells use glucose.

Insulin and glucagon work in what’s called a negative feedback loop. During this process, one event triggers another, which triggers another, and so on, to keep your blood sugar levels balanced.