Dr. Saudek answers the question: 'What Is Insulin & Why Is It Needed?' — -- Question: What is insulin and why do some diabetics need to take it? Answer: Insulin is a hormone. It's made by certain ...

Treatments for people with type 1 diabetes have improved over the years, but many challenges remain. A substance called MicroGlucagon may help Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegians ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign animal scientist Matt Wheeler, pictured, helped develop the first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk. An unassuming brown bovine from the south ...

Most people know there are two types of diabetes—type 1 and type 2. Knowing which one you have matters quite a lot for how you treat them. But what you may not know about is a lesser-known variation ...

Could cow milk be the new cure for diabetes? Researchers have genetically modified a brown cow in Brazil to produce human insulin in its milk, which marks a breakthrough in diabetes treatment research ...

Some diabetes patients this year have had trouble finding their preferred insulin brands as major drug manufacturers reported shortages of the medicine. USA TODAY set out to find out what patients can ...