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Modifying Alpha Cells into Beta Cells Helps Treat Diabetes by Angela Mohan on  March 2, 2021 at 12:29 PM PNAS. More than 34 million Americans have diabetes, a disease characterized by a loss of beta cells in the pancreas. Beta cells produce insulin, a hormone necessary for cells to absorb and use glucose, a type of sugar that circulates in the blood and serves as cellular fuel. In Type 2 diabetes, the body's tissues develop insulin resistance, prompting beta cells to die from exhaustion from secreting excess insulin to allow cells to take in glucose. In Type 1 diabetes, whi...

Insulin. if she could figure out a way to short circuit the protein, maybe they could have more effective treatment for diabetes. arthel: if they could find a way to short circuit it. they're not there yet. >> they're not yet but by figuring out which protein this is and seeing its effect, what this protein does, txnin protein, what that does is it causes the beta cells to actually sort of commit suicide and not produce insulin. beta cells are the cells in the pancreas responsible for production. the other mechanism it does is tells the beta cells to not produce enough insulin when it realizes...