Pancreatic neuroendocrine cancers are much rarer. They start in the endocrine cells of the pancreas. This is where insulin and other hormones are made and released into the bloodstream. They are also ...

Pancreatic cancer can often be halted, but it is rarely detected in time. It kills about half a million people every year, and claimed the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011. In Hong Kong ...

It’s always been accepted that beta cells don’t act alone, that they act together with other hormone-producing pancreatic cells – alpha, delta, and gamma cells – to maintain blood glucose ...

Until now, the scientific community agreed that beta cells needed the other hormone-producing cells of the pancreas to function properly. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has demonstrated ...

which are parts of the endocrine system responsible for making hormones. They may also send a signal from an endocrine gland to an organ or tissue, such as when the pancreas releases insulin to ...

Cigars and weed probably are, too, but there’s less data. DIABETES HAPPENS WHEN the key hormone the pancreas makes—insulin, which regulates blood sugar—is out of whack. With type 2 diabetes ...

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a type of cancerous growth affecting cells that send hormones around the body. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) grow in the cells of the pancreas that ...

As discussed, the pancreas produces hormones, such as insulin and glucagon, to regulate blood sugar levels. Therefore, an unhealthy pancreas may struggle to perform these functions effectively.

Dr. Leung and the research team linked the pancreatic hormone glucagon, which is normally associated with increasing blood glucose levels, with the RAGE (Receptor for Advanced Glycation End ...