Obesity increases the body's need for insulin, forcing cells in the pancreas known as beta cells to ramp up insulin ...

These tiny cells could act as a mini pancreas, potentially allowing those with diabetes to not need insulin injections.

The islets of Langerhans play a crucial role in blood sugar regulation. Fayette A Reynolds/Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library via Flickr Diabetes develops when the body fails to ...

Scientists have thought that this excessive insulin secretion is one of the factors that drives the development of obesity-induced pancreatic cancer. But a new study published in Nature Communications ...

“Although the detailed mechanism for the stimulation of intra-islet GLP-1 secretion remains to be elucidated and further studies are required, as far as we know, our present study is the first to ...

A recent study has found that nearly 54% of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) suffer from fatty pancreas disease (FPD).

Treatments for people with type 1 diabetes have improved over the years, but many challenges remain. A substance called MicroGlucagon may help Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegians ...

Understand insulin resistance, its early warning signs, causes, and proven lifestyle strategies to reverse it naturally and ...

Diabetes develops when the body fails to manage its blood glucose levels. One form of diabetes causes the body to not produce insulin at all. Called Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, this autoimmune disease ...