2022: Our findings may help explain some cases of type 1 diabetes

New results described by researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of Bergen show how digestive enzymes produced in the pancreas may have a negative effect on insulin production.

MUTATION: Insulin-producing cells (green) in the pancreas are normally surrounded by cells producing the digestive enzyme CEL (red). For individuals affected by the disease MODY8, the red cells are destroyed, and CEL has been found in some of the green cells.

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Jahedul Alam