Obesity increases the body's need for insulin, forcing cells in the pancreas known as beta cells to ramp up insulin ...

Also known as juvenile-onset or insulin-dependent diabetes, this type of diabetes is not related to lifestyle and may occur ...

Personalized therapies for diabetes, while showing promise in international studies, is met with healthy skepticism from ...

How does the body regulate the activity of insulin-producing cells in order to react quickly to changing conditions? Researchers have investigated this question. The hormone insulin plays a central ...

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 ...

Sana Biotechnology’s investigational allogeneic islet cell therapy has survived and secreted insulin for more than one year ...

Although there are many differences between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, there are also similarities, such as inflammation of the insulin-producing cells. Researchers at Lund University have ...

A recent study has demonstrated that genetically modified cows can potentially increase insulin production, presenting a new avenue for addressing insulin scarcity and reducing treatment costs for ...

A genetically modified cow has produced milk containing human insulin, according to a new study. The proof-of-concept achievement could be scaled up to, eventually, produce enough insulin to ensure ...

GentiBio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering engineered, antigen-specific regulatory T cell (EngTreg) therapies, today announced that the first participant has been dosed in ...