Engineers designed an implantable device that carries hundreds of thousands of islet cells along with its own on-board oxygen factory to keep the cells healthy. Such a device could help Type 1 ...

A coin-sized implantable device created by scientists at Houston Methodist Research Institute Department of Nanomedicine could drastically alter the course of treatment for type 1 diabetes (T1D). The ...

Researchers have developed a way to 3D print custom micrometer-sized structures directly into the interior of living cells.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can produce insulin when needed, which can free patients from giving themselves frequent ...