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Why Can’t Everyone with Type 1 Diabetes Get an Islet Transplant?
Islet transplantation is an emerging therapy for type 1 diabetes (T1D) that aims to restore the body’s ability to make insulin. In this minimally invasive procedure, insulin-producing mini-organs (“islets”) are taken from a donor pancreas and delivered into the liver of a person with T1D. These islets then help stabilize blood sugar levels, reduce the...
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Your Muscles Manage Your Blood Sugar: A Guide for People Living with Type 2 Diabetes
Skeletal muscle is an insulin-sensitive tissue, meaning insulin acts on it to promote glucose uptake for energy and storage. In fact, skeletal muscle uses 80% of the glucose that enters the bloodstream following a meal. It is therefore essential for blood glucose regulation. People with low muscle mass, therefore, have a reduced ability to use...
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How Your Nervous System Controls Blood Sugar and What Happens in Diabetes
The connection between your nervous system and your pancreas begins before you take the first bite of food. As you wait in line and smell and see your burrito being prepared, your body starts to prepare for eating. Your brain sends signals to the autonomic nervous system, which controls automatic body functions like digestion. These...
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Are all β-cells destroyed in T1D?
The pancreas contains clusters of cells called islets. Insulin is produced by one of these cell types – the β-cell (or beta cell). As discussed in many other blogs, insulin is the only hormone that lowers blood glucose levels. In people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys these...
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Are Beta Cells Dead in Diabetes, or Are They Just Hiding?
People with diabetes do not make enough insulin to maintain normal glucose levels. Reasons for this are not obvious and remain the subject of much research. Because insulin is made by the beta cells of the pancreas, it was initially believed that beta cell death was the cause of reduced insulin production in both type...