Pancreas

New data suggest that metformin administered to pregnant mothers may have unintended effects on the fetus, prompting the need for further assessment of the drug’s risk-benefit ratio.

Low levels of sugar entering into pancreatic cells may be the culprit behind insulin secretion defects in early-onset diabetes.

Mutations in the gene HNF4A impair liver and pancreas development, indicating that maturity-onset diabetes of the young starts much earlier than initially thought.

A master gene determines whether cells become pancreatic or liver cells

A new strategy minimizes the cellular contaminants that usually plague the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells