If you live with type 1 diabetes (T1D), or love someone who does, you know how much daily effort it takes to stay healthy and how urgently better treatments and cures are needed. That’s why we want to share an important update. Breakthrough T1D Canada has formally asked the federal government to partner with us […]

How different islet lineages emerge within pancreatic islets remains largely unknown. Here, using hPSC and mouse models, the authors identify mechanisms that influence islet versus enterochromaffin li...

How different islet lineages emerge within pancreatic islets remains largely unknown. Here, using hPSC and mouse models, the authors identify mechanisms that influence islet versus enterochromaffin li...

JDRF Clinician Investigator Fellowships are designed to attract and promote clinician scientists in the field of T1D research. These fellowships are open to medical residents who are pursuing graduate...

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Postdoctoral Fellow - Innate Lymphoid Cells and Spatial Genomics in Type 1 Diabetes, Crome Lab, Terry Fox Laboratory BC Cancer Vancouver, BC We are recruiting a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to...

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Biswas et al. show that greater dietary sugar intake promotes fat accumulation in Drosophila adult females. In the presence of dietary sugar, the activity of the conserved insulin/insulin-like growth ...

Tong et al. utilize advanced imaging approaches to reveal that beta cells located next to alpha cells are specially adapted as glucagon sensors by virtue of their high expression levels of GLP1R. Thes...

Efforts to generate mature stem cell-derived β (SC-β) cells have been ongoing for decades, yet their functional performance still falls short of prima…

Exploring how 14-3-3 proteins contribute to metabolism and metabolic diseases

Expanded human iPSC–derived nephron progenitor cells secrete renoprotective factors that have therapeutic potential for AKI and CKD.

A simple pill to treat or even cure diabetes could be possible, thanks to University of Alberta research — and funding that is laying vital groundwork.

Abstract. Immediate Early Genes (IEGs), such as Neuronal PAS domain protein 4 (Npas4), are induced as part of the response to environmental stimuli. In the

The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Toxicology (L000054

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The successful candidate will work on a project developing cell-based therapies for those living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).