In addition to looking at mouse models of diabetes, the researchers also showed that exposure of human pancreatic islet cells — both from healthy donors and from patients with Type 1 diabetes — to fasting - mimicking diet in a dish stimulated insulin production. (sciencedaily.com)
The Emory Transplant Center has conducted clinical trials since 2003 transplanting human pancreatic islet cells into patients with Type I diabetes. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
This is in line with a previous study (48) in which we showed that T2D SNPs affect DNA methylation in human pancreatic islets. (diabetes.diabetesjournals.org)