On March 16, Prof. James Lo, pharmacology cell and developmental biology, and his team published a study identifying different types of cells in the pancreas, an organ responsible for aiding digestion ...

Growing evidence suggests it takes a sustained viral infection in the right genetic environment to lead to type 1 diabetes.

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome in the cells that regulate the body's blood sugar levels. The study, published in Nature ...

Disease-modifying therapies for type 1 diabetes are beginning to move care beyond insulin replacement by targeting immune ...

In a fascinating twist, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered that a sugar molecule cancer cells use to hide from the immune system might also protect insulin-producing beta cells in type 1 diabetes. By ...

UAB researchers have identified Tomosyn 2 as a key protein that balances insulin secretion and pancreatic beta cell growth, ...