Scientists have cured type 1 diabetes in mice, without long-term immune suppression. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system ...

A small device implanted just beneath the skin, roughly the size of a large postage stamp and weighing about two grams, kept ...

Most diabetes patients must carefully monitor their blood sugar levels and inject insulin multiple times per day, to help ...

Irvine-based biotech company Eledon Pharmaceutical announced updated data from its islet cell transplant study.

Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it ...

Researchers from MIT are developing an implantable device that produces insulin. The device can persist in the body, ...

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D), a genuine miracle is on the horizon: a type 1 ...

A vascularized organoid model of hormone-secreting cells in the pancreas has been developed, with potential to improve diabetes research and cell-based therapies. “Our results highlight the importance ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied pancreatic islet cell loss in people with no previous pancreatic problems. They identified key trends in the types of cells ...

Researchers have devised the right conditions to grow vascularized stem cell islets. The image shows vasculature (red) tightly wrapped around insulin-producing cells (green) in the islets (blue).