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The pancreas is a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates. It is both an endocrine gland producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin, as well as an exocrine gland, secreting pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes that pass to the small intestine. These enzymes help in the further breakdown of the carbohydrates, protein, and fat in the chyme.

Marine snail venom reveals clues to developing faster-acting insulin for diabetic patients

Although moderately mobile, marine cone snails have perfected several strategies to capture prey. Some fish-hunting species release venom into the surrounding water.

12 Feb 2019

NETRF announces $2.5 million funding for neuroendocrine cancer research

The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation continues its aggressive funding of neuroendocrine cancer research with eight new grants totaling $2.5 million.

7 Feb 2019

Obesity-related cancers found to be increasing among younger adults in the United States

A new study finds rates are increasing for six of 12 cancers related to obesity in younger adults in the United States, with steeper increases in progressively younger ages and successively younger generations.

4 Feb 2019

A new approach towards future treatment of diabetes

It is said that the eyes are the window to the soul, but they may also open the door for discovering new ways to achieve immune tolerance to transplanted islets in type 1 diabetes, according to research from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

3 Feb 2019

New research increases options for kidney transplant patients with blood type B

Kidney transplant recipients are now benefiting from donor organs that do not match their blood type but are compatible and just as safe, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

1 Feb 2019

Study provides insight into how type 1 diabetes gradually destroys insulin production

Using the new Imaging Mass Cytometry method, researchers of UZH have investigated the pancreas of healthy organ donors and those with type 1 diabetes.

31 Jan 2019

3D model of desmoplasia provides deeper insight into treating pancreatic cancer

Researchers at Okayama University show how specific cells of the pancreas can facilitate cancer progression.

31 Jan 2019

Novel 3D imaging method reveals how pancreatic cancers originate

A new technique to study tissue samples in 3D has revealed that pancreatic cancers can start and grow in two distinct ways, solving a decades-old mystery of how tumors form.

From The Francis Crick Institute 30 Jan 2019

New study uncovers key protein in the production of insulin

The crucial hormone insulin needs help acquiring the right structure. A protein that assists in the process of insulin folding has just been discovered in a new study conducted by researchers at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

25 Jan 2019

NIH funds first artificial pancreas trial for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes in the U.S.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a R01 grant to a multi-institutional team to develop and evaluate a pregnancy-specific Artificial Pancreas in a sequence of in-clinic and transitional environment clinical trials.

25 Jan 2019

Combination of cystic fibrosis drugs found to be safe and effective in children aged 2-5 years

An open label Phase 3 study conducted at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and other centers established that a combination of cystic fibrosis drugs lumacaftor and ivacaftor is safe and effective in children aged 2-5 years, whose disease is caused by two copies of F508del-CFTR gene mutation - the most common and severe form of cystic fibrosis.

25 Jan 2019

New recovery pathway could speed up time to next treatment for pancreatic cancer patients

Pancreaticoduodenectomy, or the Whipple operation, is one of the most complex abdominal surgeries, and is commonly prescribed as a first line of therapy for cancer located within the pancreatic head.

25 Jan 2019

Placenta adapts and compensates when pregnant mothers have poor diets or low oxygen

Cambridge researchers have discovered the placenta regulates how much oxygen and nutrients it transports to babies during challenging pregnancies in a study using mice to model conditions in the womb.

21 Jan 2019

Newly developed risk score more effective at identifying type 1 diabetes

A new way of screening babies and adults for future risk of type 1 diabetes will be much more effective at identifying the condition than current methods, new research has concluded.

18 Jan 2019

New method modifies blood stem cells to reverse genetic mutation that causes IPEX

UCLA researchers led by Dr. Donald Kohn have created a method for modifying blood stem cells to reverse the genetic mutation that causes a life-threatening autoimmune syndrome called IPEX.

11 Jan 2019

AGA's new clinical guideline to help manage patients with mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis

Most patients with ulcerative colitis have mild-to-moderate disease characterized by periods of activity or remission, but practice variations exist in disease management.

10 Jan 2019

Measures of biochemical hypoglycemia linked to high risk of severe hypoglycemic events

Researchers have shown that measures of biochemical hypoglycemia in fingerstick blood samples are associated with an increased risk of severe hypoglycemic events.

10 Jan 2019

Aggressive prostate cancer linked to hereditary breast cancer, confirms study

Aggressive prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in men, is associated with BRCA2 mutations, which are also linked to hereditary breast cancer, ovarian cancer and pancreas cancer, among others.

10 Jan 2019

Discovery may lead to new form of treatment for diabetes

Diabetes is caused by damaged or non-existing insulin cells inability to produce insulin, a hormone that is necessary in regulating blood sugar levels. Many diabetes patients take insulin supplements to regulate these levels.

7 Jan 2019

Breath analyser could soon help detect cancer

UK researchers have developed a new breath analyser device called the Breath Biopsy device. This could help diagnose cancer.

3 Jan 2019

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Marine snail venom reveals clues to developing faster-acting insulin for diabetic patients

NETRF announces $2.5 million funding for neuroendocrine cancer research

Obesity-related cancers found to be increasing among younger adults in the United States

A new approach towards future treatment of diabetes

New research increases options for kidney transplant patients with blood type B

Study provides insight into how type 1 diabetes gradually destroys insulin production

3D model of desmoplasia provides deeper insight into treating pancreatic cancer

Novel 3D imaging method reveals how pancreatic cancers originate

New study uncovers key protein in the production of insulin

NIH funds first artificial pancreas trial for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes in the U.S.

Combination of cystic fibrosis drugs found to be safe and effective in children aged 2-5 years

New recovery pathway could speed up time to next treatment for pancreatic cancer patients

Placenta adapts and compensates when pregnant mothers have poor diets or low oxygen

Newly developed risk score more effective at identifying type 1 diabetes

New method modifies blood stem cells to reverse genetic mutation that causes IPEX

AGA's new clinical guideline to help manage patients with mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis

Measures of biochemical hypoglycemia linked to high risk of severe hypoglycemic events

Aggressive prostate cancer linked to hereditary breast cancer, confirms study

Discovery may lead to new form of treatment for diabetes

Breath analyser could soon help detect cancer

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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