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Beta Cells are responsible for insulin secretion and control of plasma glucose levels. Within the pancreas, the beta cells are located in areas called the islets of Langerhans where they constitute the predominant type of cell.
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DEC 29, 2016
Microbiology
If you’re a bacterium, you don’t need to be resistant to antibiotics to survive them. You just have to make
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 26, 2016
Immunology
A recent study from the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) in Japan led to the discovery of a new group of mono
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 18, 2016
Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Natives of South Americans have prepared and drunk ayahuasca for centuries. In a research review, it was demonstrated th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown Fat
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 29, 2016
Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. Now, researcher
...
NOV 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disorder of the nervous system; the nerve cells t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2016
Videos
At this time of year, many people are more aware of the things in life for which they are thankful. The run-up to Thanks
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 14, 2016
Immunology
Interferon drugs have long been used as treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease where damaged nerv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Developmental Cell by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has demonstrated that a protein known
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 08, 2016
Immunology
Could it be possible to predict the onset of type 1 diabetes before symptoms appear? If so, what kind of benefits would
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2016
Immunology
When humans go to sleep, their immune cells come out to play. A new study from the WPI Immunology Frontier Research Cent
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 01, 2016
Microbiology
A new study from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) has shown
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2016
Cancer
In the world of drug development, finding new uses for old drugs seems like the ideal situation. But the road to repurpo
...
OCT 13, 2016
Immunology
Over seven percent of individuals in the UK with type 1 diabetes are children, and the autoimmune diseases grows more co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 21, 2016
Immunology
Type 1 diabetes is caused by an autoimmune attack on the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, called beta cells. Wit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
Iron is important to bacteria. Really important. It’s so important that bacteria secrete special molecules called
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans