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Researchers from Duke University have found that, under certain conditions, cells in the pancreas can produce GLP-1 – the ...

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UCSF Health transplant specialists recently performed an innovative, minimally invasive pancreatic islet transplant designed to enable a patient with Type 1 diabetes to become insulin independent. ...

A new study by Duke University has revealed that pancreatic alpha cells can produce the diabetes-controlling hormone GLP-1. Published in the journal Science Advances, the research found that when ...

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Scientists at Duke University made a groundbreaking discovery. They found pancreatic alpha cells can produce GLP-1. GLP-1 is ...