Joslin Diabetes Center researchers have identified a protein, cyclin D2, that is critical to the replication of beta cells, in mice, that occurs in response to the development of insulin resistance. Their work is published in this m...

In people who put on a lot of weight, or whose bodies start developing the inability to use insulin effectively that leads toward type 2 diabetes, the pancreas typically ramps up its supply of insulin-generating "beta" cells, at lea...

In people who put on a lot of weight, or whose bodies start developing the inability to use insulin effectively that leads toward type 2 diabetes, the pancreas typically ramps up its supply of insulin-generating "beta" cells. Resear...