Borrowing a cancer cell’s disguise, scientists shielded insulin-producing cells from attack by the immune system, a ...

In December 2024, a 42-year-old Swedish man with type 1 diabetes received 17 injections of donated islet cells. They had been genetically modified via CRISPR to ...

Let’s explore the science behind ZRANB3, its implications for Black communities, and devise some practical steps to manage ...

Cancer cells coat themselves in a sugar to avoid the immune system, and now research has shown that dressing pancreatic beta ...

More information: No evidence for beta cell neogenesis in murine adult pancreas, J Clin Invest. 2013;123 (5):2207–2217. doi:10.1172/JCI66323 Anonymous Sources: Where Do Adult β-Cells Come From?

In type 1 diabetes, the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas have been mistakenly destroyed by the immune system, requiring patients to manage their blood sugar levels through a daily regimen of ...

The results were published yesterday (January 6) in Nature Communications. “This study represents the first successful creation of human insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells using a direct cellular ...