Researchers have developed the first vascularized organoid model of pancreatic islet cells, which promises to improve ...

Model more closely replicates natural environment of the pancreas, which will be essential for studying diabetes and ...

Researchers receive funding for proof-of-principle experiments investigating potential of cell replacement therapies for ...

Severe chronic pancreatitis is treated by removing the pancreas, but without a pancreas, patients also lose insulin-producing cells called islets. To preserve insulin responses, surgeons transplant ...

Registry data on patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus who undergo pancreatic islet transplantation indicate that only 8 percent are free of the need for insulin therapy at one year. All seven ...

It is the first reported instance in the world of a case of diabetes with severely impaired pancreatic islet function being cured via stem cell-derived autologous, regenerative islet ...

Scientists recently developed an efficient way to transplant pancreatic islets and demonstrated that the method can effectively reverse type 1 diabetes in nonhuman primates. In people with type 1 ...

More information: Rujia Li et al, A new histopathological phenomenon: Pancreatic islet cell loss in the elderly population, Digestive and Liver Disease (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2023.11.031 ...

This position statement presents the recommendations of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) on pancreas and islet transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes. The recommendations are ...

The FDA approved the first allogenic pancreatic islet cellular therapy for adults with type 1 diabetes. In two trials, 21 of 30 adults receiving the therapy achieved insulin independence for at ...

Medical researchers are investigating new procedures and technology to develop options for people without a pancreas. A ...