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: ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome in the cells ...

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 ...

A new study from Duke University School of Medicine is challenging long-standing views on blood sugar regulation—and pointing to a surprising new ally in the fight against type 2 diabetes. Subscribe ...

Cells constantly probe their environments, searching for physical cues that guide their behavior. And yet a cell's response ...

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 ...