President Biden visits the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory President Joe Biden on Thursday is expected to announce that the White House has secured an additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, according to a report. The president is expected to make the announcement during his tour at the National Institutes of Health on Thursday, the Washington Post first […]
Pseudoislet system expected to advance pancreas and diabetes research
The multicellular, 3-D structure of human pancreatic islets—the areas of the pancreas containing hormone-producing or endocrine cells—has presented challenges to researchers as they study and manipulate these cells’ function, but Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have now developed a pseudoislet system that allows for much easier study of islet function. A pancreatic islet is composed […]