The study, published in the journal Cell Discovery, demonstrates that autologous stem cell-derived islet tissue can restore insulin production and significantly improve blood sugar control in a ...

This discovery changed the once fatal diagnosis ... scientists have sought to understand their role in pancreatic islet cell biology. A first step in this process was to understand which GPCRs ...

A recent study released by researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) opens the door for more effective diabetes research and treatment. The new approach leverages ...

She has a background in neuroscience, and her work has appeared in Drug Discovery News and Massive Science ... structure that sticks out of the surfaces of human pancreatic islet cells: the primary ...

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells and reversed diabetes in a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine ...

Three people with type 1 diabetes who received Vertex Pharma’s islet cell therapy VX-880 have been able to come off insulin altogether within a year, raising the prospect of a life without ...

Islet cell transplantation is not a new concept ... power of science and innovation to transform lives. With each new ...

The prevalence of diabetes has alarmingly increased in both developed and developing countries in recent years. The ...

Engineering of a novel device to treat T1D, featuring local immunosuppression and a vascularized cell reservoir to prolong islet cell survival. Elina is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto ...

Researchers have developed a method using engineered blood vessel cells (R-VECs) to improve islet transplantation which could offer a safer and more effective treatment for type 1 diabetes. In a study ...