Maintaining the right level of sugar in the blood is the responsibility not only of insulin, which removes glucose, but also of a hormone called glucagon, which adds glucose. For decades, treatments ...

Used to treat severely low blood sugar, glucagon can be a lifesaving medication for people with diabetes. Here’s how it works and when and how to use it.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fewer people with diabetes filled glucagon prescriptions in 2021 compared with 2011, though increases were seen ...

The FDA has granted Orphan Drug designation to ABG-023, a glucagon analog (AmideBio), for the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug ...

Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) is a gut-derived hormone principally secreted by enteroendocrine L cells in response to nutrient ingestion. It plays a pivotal role in maintaining intestinal integrity ...

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a hormone that has received significant attention as a therapy for diabetes because of its ability to stimulate insulin biosynthesis and release and to promote ...

New findings raise the possibility of promising therapeutic strategies for the management of hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes patients. Study: Loss of electrical β-cell to δ-cell coupling underlies ...

Jul. 27—New insights into the underlying mechanisms of Type 2 diabetes and novel potential therapeutic targets for the disease were revealed in a recent study by a team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research ...