Category: Current nPOD Projects

Development of a platform for ex-vivo functional and 3D morphological assessment of islet physiology in nPOD human pancreata, also in response to viral infections associated with type 1 diabetes pathogenesis

Impairment and destruction of beta cells by an autoimmune attack leads to the onset of hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, knowledge on changes in islet cell physiology leading to dysfunction, failure and death of the cells is incomplete. This is partially due to technical limitations which do not allow the study of islet […]