For years, scientists have focused their attention on the pancreas’ insulin-producing beta cells and left small clusters of cells in the same region in the background. But a new paper uncovers that ...

"The delta cells were mostly ignored," said Huising. "They made up only 5% of the islet cells, and no one knew their function." When a person's blood sugar rises, the 500 or so beta cells in each ...

New research shows that delta cells in the pancreatic islet are stimulated in unison with beta cells producing insulin, creating a feedback loop that prevents a sudden drop in blood sugar. In this ...

Mohammad Pourhosseinzadeh, M.D./Ph.D. student with Professor Mark Huising, watches undergraduate student Joel Sanchez working at a dissecting microscope. New work led by Pourhosseinzadeh and Huising ...