Drug discovery is shifting from static snapshots to moving pictures. Instead of inferring how medicines work from end results ...

ATP‐sensitive potassium (KATP) channels are vital metabolic sensors that couple intracellular adenine nucleotide levels to membrane electrical activity, thereby regulating insulin secretion in ...

Researchers have taken a big step forward in the quest to regenerate the pancreatic beta-cells damaged by type 1 diabetes. Using FDA-approved drugs usually given to patients with rare cancers, they ...

A recent study identified that a special group of pancreatic beta cells are crucial for triggering the blood sugar response. We know that beta cells of the pancreas play an important role in ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide. Low insulin levels allow ...

A researcher is planning on investigating potential treatments aimed at the root causes of type 1 diabetes. At the (MUSC), Leonardo Ferreira, Ph.D., is taking on type 1 diabetes (T1D) with support ...