Scientists in Sweden have developed a more reliable way to create insulin-producing cells from human stem cells, bringing new momentum…
For more than 100 years, scientists have pursued the idea of insulin in pill form, often described as a "dream"…
Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have revealed critical insights into how impaired mitochondrial dynamics and quality control mechanisms in…
Diabetes rates continue to rise, with 11.7 million Canadians living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. At UBC, scientists have created a…
A new study published in the journal Diabetes demonstrates that a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist, a member of a…