Recently, Quinn Peterson and colleagues from Mayo Clinic, USA, discovered a method for making human alpha cells from cultures of immature stem cells. This work was recently published in Stem Cell ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alpha cells in the pancreas produce GLP-1, reshaping our understanding of blood sugar control and diabetes care. (CREDIT: ...

Mor than 800 million people worldwide are living with diabetes, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, with numbers steadily increasing. Diabetic patients experience abnormally high ...

A new study from Duke University School of Medicine is challenging long-standing views on blood sugar regulation—and pointing to a surprising new ally in the fight against type 2 diabetes. Subscribe ...

A new study from Duke University School of Medicine is challenging long-standing views on blood sugar regulation — and pointing to a surprising new ally in the fight against type 2 diabetes. Published ...

Duke University scientists have discovered that pancreatic alpha cells, long believed to only produce glucagon, actually generate powerful amounts of GLP-1 — the same hormone mimicked by popular ...

For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon raises it. But that’s much too simple, new research says. Scientists at Duke ...