Beta Cells are responsible for insulin secretion and control of plasma glucose levels. Within the pancreas, the beta cells are located in areas called the islets of Langerhans where they constitute the predominant type of cell.
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Immune checkpoint therapies targeting the CTLA-4 and PD-(L)1 pathways have been largely clinically disappointing for patients with prostate cancer. This can be attributed to the highly immun...
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Our laboratory uses tools from pharmacology, genomics, and cell signaling to identify new precision anticancer therapeutic strategies. Under this broad heading, our work involves three key a...
DATE: April 14, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Besides being Gibco Cell Culture Heroes, what do Vivek, Sandra, Daisy, Ameet and Kristine all have in common? They are all stuck at home fo...
DATE: March 27, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Osteoporosis causes a decrease in bone density, along with deterioration of the bone’s microarchitecture at a faster rate than normal...
The accumulation of neurotoxic amyloid beta peptides and/or neurofibrillary tangle formation are key pathological hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases including but not limited to Alzheim...
DATE: January 30, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Recent advances in in vitro 3D cellular culture technologies, such as organoids, rapidly developed and established novel, more physiologi...
DATE: December 17, 2019TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Purpose: Liver x receptors (LXRs) are hypothesized to serve as a link between lipid metabolism and inflammation by prom...
DATE: November 19, 2019TIME: 10:00am PSTMicroglial cells are the resident innate immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS) and are responsible for regulating inflammatory activati...
DATE: September 10, 2019TIME: 8:00am PTNext generation sequencing of the immune repertoire allows detailed, sequence-specific insight into the immune system’s adaptive response...
DATE: May 23, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Although mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) chondrogenic differentiation has been thoroughly investigated...
DATE: April 23, 2019TIME: 11:00am PDT, 2:00pm EDT Cataract, a clouding of the ocular lens, is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Currently the only means of treatment i...
Whole food plant-based diets and medical cannabis have shared and continues to share similar levels of scrutiny, doubt, and stigma by the traditional medical community. One reason for the med...
Surgery is the first line of treatment for Stage III melanoma. Often adjuvant therapy is administered post-surgery, which can include weeks of radiation, chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy,...