The death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is a core defect in diabetes. Scientists in Italy and Texas now have discovered a new way that these cells die — by toxic imbalance of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alpha cells in the pancreas produce GLP-1, reshaping our understanding of blood sugar control and diabetes care. (CREDIT: ...

A recent study identified that a special group of pancreatic beta cells are crucial for triggering the blood sugar response. We know that beta cells of the pancreas play an important role in ...

Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) by converting pancreatic cells that normally produce insulin into ...

Preliminary Preclinical Data Demonstrates In Vivo Proof-of-Concept for Novel Diabetes Gene Therapy in Type 2 Diabetic Non-Human Primates GPX-002 Rejuvenated Exhausted Beta Cells and Normalized Glucose ...

A new study from Duke University School of Medicine is challenging long-standing views on blood sugar regulation — and pointing to a surprising new ally in the fight against type 2 diabetes. Published ...

(RTTNews) - Genprex Inc. (GNPX) reported positive preliminary preclinical results for its diabetes gene-therapy candidate GPX-002, showing in-vivo proof-of-concept in both Type 2 diabetic non-human ...

For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon raises it. But that’s much too simple, new research says. Scientists at Duke ...