#Insulin

Joseph Shavit

Jun 11, 2022

Yale researchers develop pill that prevents type 1 diabetes

A new oral medication treats diabetes and controls insulin levels while simultaneously reversing the inflammatory effects of the disease.

Joseph Shavit

Mar 5, 2022

Fully functional pancreatic cells produced from stem cells for the first time

Insulin is a vital hormone produced by pancreatic beta cells. Type 1 diabetes is caused by the destruction of these cells.

Joseph Shavit

Dec 10, 2021

UBC researchers develop stem cell-based 'functional cure' for Type 1 diabetes

Researchers demonstrated that a stem cell-based treatment delivered through an implantable device can produce insulin in the human body.

Joshua Shavit

Aug 12, 2021

Remarkable findings regarding how body fat in the human body responds to insulin

Researchers show that the overall capacity of fat tissue to respond to insulin is determined by the function of a specific fat cell type