"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...