Teams to create one-stop resource for human pancreatic data to foster diabetes research

July 30, 2020

Pseudoislet system expected to advance pancreas and diabetes research

The multicellular, 3-D structure of human pancreatic islets - the areas of the pancreas containing hormone-producing or endocrine cells - has presented challenges to researchers as they study and manipulate these cells' function, but Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have now developed a pseudoislet system that allows for much easier study of islet function.

By Jill Clendening