The connection was further narrowed down to the islets of Langerhans, a part of the pancreas. From 1910 to 1920, Oscar Minkowski and others tried unsuccessfully to find and extract the active ...

Islets, also called islets of Langerhans, are clusters of cells within the pancreas that produce hormones, like insulin, to help regulate blood glucose levels. The 59-year-old male patient had ...

Lylah Grace Sine will turn just 2 years old on March 20, but she has already faced more than some folks will face in a ...

The dengue virus also infects and replicates inside a specialized immune cell located in the skin, a type of dendritic cell called a Langerhans cell. What are Langerhans cells? Langerhans cells ...

A family-owned business has stepped up to help a family grappling with their soon-to-be 3-year-old son’s chemotherapy ...

Kellen Napier spent much of his early life in isolation and at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital as he battled Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a rare autoimmune disorder. Make-A-Wish East ...