Most of the insulin used by people today is made by bacteria that have been genetically modified to produce insulin that is identical to insulin made in the human pancreas, according to the National ...

For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon ...

E. coli is the field's main "workhorse" says Prof Wallace, who has also genetically engineered it in the lab to turn plastic ...

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

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Jay H. Shubrook, DO: Hi. I'm Jay Shubrook, a professor of primary care at Touro University California in the College of Osteopathic Medicine and a ...

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. ...

Experts say the condition—formally known as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults—can result in health complications if it isn ...

A neglected form of diabetes caused by malnutrition should be formally recognised, a group of 50 experts have said, warning ...