A panelist discusses how type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by progressive beta cell destruction that advances through distinct stages, with genetic predisposition, ...

Specialised cell type Animal or plant cell? Function Features of cell that allow it to perform its function Beta cell (in pancreas) Animal Releases hormone insulin Uses its genetic instructions to ...

In this type of diabetes, the immune system specifically destroys insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreatic islets — the body's own immune system attacks its own cells (a form of autoimmune ...

Researchers have discovered a novel approach to protecting insulin-producing beta cells from the damaging effects of glucolipotoxicity - a harmful condition linked to the progression of type 2 ...