InSight Technology has been used to show the pancreatic islets of Langerhans adapt their content of insulin-producing beta-cells to changing insulin need. The results are published in PNAS in November 2013. Blood glucose levels vary in an individual from one meal to the next as well as between meals. Variation can also seen between individuals. …
Swedish daily newspaper DN reports on the possibility to study islets of Langerhans in the eye on the 19th of November 2013. DN presents InSight Technology and its possibilities in an article published on the 19th of November 2013. Islets of Langerhans are placed into a mouse eye. They reflect the processes happening in the islets …
Swedish news channel SVT Vetenskap reports on the InSight Technology on the 19th of November 2013. The islets of Langerhans placed in the mouse eye behave in the same way as the islets in the pancreas. It opens for a possibility to study the progress of diabetes by looking into a patient’s eye. One can …
Swedish Crown Princess Victoria visited Rolf Luft Research Center at KI and Professor P-O Berggren’s group on the 14th of November, the International Diabetes Day. During the visit, the Crown Princess got introduced to diabetes and its complications, as well as to new findings, the research group’s projects and InSight Technology. Read more: Report published …