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 ...

Prof. Heiko Lickert is the director of the Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research at Helmholtz Munich, professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and member of the German Center ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the specific destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic ...

A team of researchers has made a breakthrough in diabetes treatment, uncovering a way to regenerate human insulin-producing beta cells. Their discovery, published in Science Translational Medicine, ...

Millions of people with type 1 or 2 diabetes worldwide rely on insulin injections or medications to keep their blood sugar in check. The disease results from the destruction of the pancreas’s finite ...

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES — In preclinical studies, a team of researchers from Mount Sinai Health System in New York City and City of Hope in Los Angeles report new findings on a therapeutic ...

The beta cells even began to slowly reproduce. “mAb43 in combination with insulin therapy may have the potential to gradually reduce insulin use while beta cells regenerate, ultimately eliminating the ...

Share on Pinterest Research in mice is assessing the potential of an experimental drug that may help reverse diabetes. Image credit: Tatiana Timofeeva/Stocksy. A recent study in mice finds that a ...

Researchers have developed a method to direct stem cells to form specific structures. By triggering the expression of specific genes in mouse embryonic stem cells, synthetic organizer cells were ...

3-D image of a mouse kidney that has received human islet grafts. Beta cells are visible in green; red reveals the entire mouse kidney. For the study, the natural product harmine, which is found in ...