The goal of this short chapter is to introduce the reader to fundamental concepts on the fine structure of the pancreas and its developmental pattern. This is of paramount importance for any individual that enters the field ...

Understanding the transcriptional mechanisms that underlie pancreas formation is central to the efforts to develop novel regenerative therapies for type 1 diabetes. Recently, mutations in the transcription factor GATA6 ...

The pancreas hosts some of the most debilitating and deadly diseases, including pancreatic cancer and diabetes mellitus. In autoimmune diabetes, for example, there is a massive destruction of the insulin producing cells ...

RESUMEN Las lesiones quísticas de páncreas se han vuelto un problema clínico cada vez más frecuente, dado el aumento en el diagnóstico incidental de éstas en estudios de imagen transversales de rutina. Los quistes ...

The objective of this work is to present a brief review on the international Artificial Pancreas project. In addition, the local project that led to the first Latin American clinical trials with an Artificial Pancreas will ...