This is called the exocrine part of the pancreas. The pancreas also makes insulin and glucagon, the hormones that control sugar levels in the blood. This is the endocrine part of the pancreas. Most ...

Medtronic and the US FDA shy away from calling the device an ‘artificial pancreas’ - patients still need to enter information about anticipated meals and instruct it to deliver bolus insulin ...

An insulin pump is intended to imitate the functions of a human pancreas. Your pancreas releases insulin in response to changes in your blood sugar level. But when you have diabetes, your body ...

An international team of researchers has successfully reprogrammed human α cells into insulin-producing β cells, according to a study published yesterday (February 13) in Nature. In the pancreas, ...

Gut microbes can regulate the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas and hormone production of the gastrointestinal tract, findings that may help develop potential treatments for diabetes ...

A very low-carb diet significantly improved the pancreas’s ability to produce insulin in people with mild Type 2 diabetes ...

moving beyond just managing symptoms to restoring lost function in the pancreas. For decades, people with type 1 diabetes have depended on daily insulin injections to stay alive. Now, researchers ...

The endocrine cells release insulin and glucagon, two hormones that help regulate blood sugar in the body. Despite the pancreas being responsible for multiple functions, there are circumstances in ...

G-protein coupled receptors regulate hormone secretions in the pancreas ... that are known to affect insulin secretion and their natural ligands. As the ligands and function of additional GPCRs ...