pancreas

Meritxell Huch tackled her pipedream of growing three-dimensional pancreatic tissue in a dish.

Studies suggest SARS-CoV-2 infection could trigger the development of diabetes in some people, even those with no other risk factors.

Because most people are vaccinated against tetanus as children, delivering benign bacteria carrying a tetanus antigen into pancreatic tumors makes them visible to memory cells in the immune system, researchers report.

Lactation boosts the quantity and quality of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, likely reducing a woman’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Breastfeeding reduces type 2 diabetes risk by boosting beta cells.

Scientists have developed a tissue-clearing protocol that allows them to peer into entire, transparent human organs.

Insulin-producing cells grown in the lab could offer a functional cure for the disease.

Results from an observational study find that the introduction of a routine vaccine in Australia coincided with a fall in the incidence of the autoimmune condition.

Progenitor cells in the pancreas of humans get developmental cues from proteins in their environment.

The original work found that an anti-malaria drug or the neurotransmitter GABA could increase the number of insulin-producing pancreatic cells in mice.

Live-cell imaging reveals the secrets of innervation in the pancreas of zebrafish.

Species with larger pancreatic cells tend to have shorter lives, according to a study.  

Researchers used a trio of transcription factors to transform pancreatic duct cells in vivo into β-like cells that secrete insulin and improve diabetes symptoms.

Pancreatic cells engineered to produce insulin did not immediately provoke an immune response.

A small clinical trial demonstrates that peptide immunotherapy can halt the progression of early-stage type 1 diabetes.

Mouse organoids reveal that a protein active during embryonic development joins forces with gene enhancers to revert cancer cells to an earlier developmental state.

Scientists have constructed three-dimensional maps depicting the size and location of insulin-producing islet cells in the mouse pancreas.

The diabetic volunteer continued to produce insulin one year after she received a transplant of abdominal islet cells.

Researchers produce functional organs composed of both mouse and rat cells.