Tag: Diabetes

A team of researchers has succeeded in creating mini insulin-producing organs that can be implanted into a diabetic animal to maintain glucose levels, progress towards what they consider the future of regenerative medicine. The cells the researchers found are best at producing insulin when reprogrammed are pylotic cells — cells from the lower region of the stomach, … Read more

When Canadian Doctor Frederick Banting discovered insulin, he turned down offers from big corporations that would have made him – and them — rich, by making insulin available only to those who could afford it. Instead, Banting said that insulin was his gift to mankind. Diabetes began to be recognized as a top killer of humans in … Read more