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Understanding the differences between healthy and type 2 diabetes-affected pancreatic islets
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Understanding the differences between healthy and type 2 diabetes-affected pancreatic islets

by Ananya Sen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mass spectroscopic data acquired from multiple samples of the islets of Langerhans have been overlaid on isolated individual human islet of Langerhans that have been stained with dithizone. Credit: Stanislav Rubakhin Pancreatic islets are mini-organs that make and release insulin and several other peptide hormones to control...