Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alpha cells in the pancreas produce GLP-1, reshaping our understanding of blood sugar control and diabetes care. (CREDIT: ...

Mor than 800 million people worldwide are living with diabetes, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, with numbers steadily increasing. Diabetic patients experience abnormally high ...

In today’s world, Ozempic and ultra-processed foods (UPF) go almost hand in hand. On one hand, thanks to excessive consumption of UPF and sedentary lifestyle, obesity has surpassed undernourishment ...

Recently, Quinn Peterson and colleagues from Mayo Clinic, USA, discovered a method for making human alpha cells from cultures of immature stem cells. This work was recently published in Stem Cell ...

In recent years, effective obesity treatments like Ozempic and Mounjaro have changed lives. These drugs mimic the effects of a hormone called GLP-1, which normally influences insulin levels and helps ...

Glucagon was discovered in the early 1960s and is a potent insulin secretagogue. It is a 29 amino acid polypeptide, and its secretion is regulated directly by amino and free fatty acids and indirectly ...