Some people produce more insulin in response to proteins and fats than carbs, new research has found. Suggesting that insulin production is more individualized than first believed, the findings pave ...

Building upon earlier discoveries continues to produce ever-better diabetes treatments. Molecules of insulin—a hormone that regulates blood glucose, or sugar—circulate in the blood stream, ensuring ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign animal scientist Matt Wheeler, pictured, helped develop the first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk. An unassuming brown bovine from the south ...

Study: Personalized molecular signatures of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Image credit: Microgen/Shutterstock.com A recent study, published in the journal Cell, utilized cutting-edge ...

When it comes to managing blood sugar levels, most people think about counting carbs. But new research from the University of British Columbia shows that, for some, it may be just as important to ...

Carbohydrate intake has long been known to affect blood sugar levels, resulting in insulin release by pancreatic cells more than other nutrients. Novel laboratory research now suggests that ...