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 ...

Alpha-lactalbumin, a multifunctional milk protein, has emerged as a key player in the field of tumour biology. In its native state, the protein is primarily involved in lactose synthesis; however, ...

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 ...