Over 500 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes—a disease that contributes to major complications such as stroke, ...

Over 500 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes-a disease that contributes to major complications such as stroke, ...

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 are repurposing this once non-essential organ to grow life-saving tissues on demand and from inside the body.

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 rationale behind pancreatic islet transplantation is the provision of islet cells that produce insulin and which can sense blood-glucose levels. In theory, it appears to be ideal in treating type ...