Beta cell transplant may become practical in the near future.

These, which are common to all animals, tell the beta cells how much insulin to make.

The rate at which the beta cells are destroyed varies.

Others are trying to alter the beta cells to make them more resistant to attack.

This gives your beta cells a break from excessive insulin production.

At the centers of each islet are the smaller beta cells.

Type 1 diabetes starts because the body destroys the beta cells.

The primary function of a beta cell is to store and release insulin.

Although early treatment to reduce blood sugar can help save the beta cells, diabetes is a progressive disease.

Infants and children usually develop the disease suddenly because the beta cells are destroyed rapidly.

If there are too many beta cells because of a tumor, Sebastian's blood sugar will drop quickly.

Research has already shown that exercise is very effective at preserving beta cells in people with type 2 diabetes.

Most of the genes linked to diabetes are involved in beta cell functions.

Adults tend to develop the disease slowly because the beta cells are destroyed gradually.

The increase in calcium will initiate more insulin release from each beta cell.

It is also possible to do a transplantation of only the pancreatic beta cells.

They act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas.

Another potential source of beta cells may be xenotransplantation.

Beta cells release insulin in response to rising levels of glucose.

Insulin is a hormone released from the beta cells of the pancreas.

These drugs stimulate the beta cells of the pancreas to make more insulin.

In type 1 diabetes, the beta cells of the pancreas no longer make insulin.

Type one is caused by lack of insulin production by beta cells.

These islet-cell antibodies are believed to play a role in the destruction of beta cells.

If not, the device can always be recharged with a syringeful of living beta cells.