Anyone with type 1 diabetes needs insulin therapy because their pancreas doesn’t function. Type 2 diabetes starts with insulin resistance. This means your body no longer uses insulin well ...

In a major breakthrough for diabetes treatment, scientists have found a new way to regenerate insulin-producing cells. This ...

This is called the exocrine part of the pancreas. The pancreas also makes insulin and glucagon, the hormones that control sugar levels in the blood. This is the endocrine part of the pancreas. Most ...

To control your blood sugar, you need to replace or supplement the function of your pancreas with regular insulin injections. Long-acting insulins don’t peak like short-acting insulins — they ...

Medtronic and the US FDA shy away from calling the device an ‘artificial pancreas’ - patients still need to enter information about anticipated meals and instruct it to deliver bolus insulin ...

And that tells us that the medications are losing effectiveness, likely because the function of the pancreas is continuing to decline. And typically that is an indicator that insulin is needed.

Gut microbes can regulate the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas and hormone production of the gastrointestinal tract, findings that may help develop potential treatments for diabetes ...

The endocrine cells release insulin and glucagon, two hormones that help regulate blood sugar in the body. Despite the ...

Glucotrack (Nasdaq:GCTK) may be bringing its continuous blood glucose monitor (CBGM) technology to automated insulin delivery ...

G-protein coupled receptors regulate hormone secretions in the pancreas ... that are known to affect insulin secretion and their natural ligands. As the ligands and function of additional GPCRs ...