Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 ...

Novo Nordisk has decided to discontinue its cell therapy research and development efforts, a spokesperson for the Danish ...

In recent years, we have come to appreciate that loss or dysfunction of insulin-producing islet beta cells underlies virtually all major forms of diabetes mellitus. In type 1 diabetes, beta cells ...

Scientists at City of Hope® have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 ...

A new study by the University of California, Davis, shows how cells work together to avoid a sudden drop in blood sugar. Understanding these feedback loops could improve the lives of people with ...

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.

Novo Nordisk has cut its cell therapy division, where it was trying to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, Bloomberg News ...

In a recent trial, verapamil showed a trend toward preserving insulin-producing beta cells in patients with Type 1 diabetes but failed to achieve statistical significance.

Approximately 9.5 million people globally live with type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease where T cells from the body ...

Advanced DNA sequencing technologies and a new model of stem cell research have enabled an international team to discover a ...

A protein notorious for its role in Alzheimer’s disease may hold the key to supercharging the aging immune system, according ...

A surprising link between Alzheimer’s and cancer reveals that amyloid beta, a harmful protein in the brain, actually empowers ...