An international team of scientists has made an advancement in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional Langerhans islands (human islets) using a novel bioink. In laboratory tests, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On April 15, an FDA advisory committee concluded that the islet cell therapy donislecel demonstrated a favorable ...

NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Scientists at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of ...

Immunofluorescence image of the pancreatic islets of a 50-year-old-female without diabetes. This individual had 54% beta cells (GREEN), 9% delta cells (WHITE) and 37% alpha cells (RED). Diabetes is ...

Wenzhou Medical University researchers have reimagined the spleen as a viable site for islet transplantation, enabling long-term diabetes control without the burden of full immunosuppression.

Affecting more than 500 million people worldwide, diabetes mellitus is a growing burden to patients' longevity and quality of life, as well as an increasing challenge to health care systems. The ...

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers explored micro-ribonucleic acids (RNAs) associated with diabetes and related characteristics in human ...

Diabetes is the most common and serious chronic disease worldwide, characterized by insufficient insulin to maintain proper blood glucose levels. It affects more than 12% of Americans and is the ...

Detailed characterization of human pancreatic islets is key to elucidate the pathophysiology of all forms of diabetes mellitus, including its most common form known as type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, ...