beta cells

What: "Beta-cell is like a neuron in many aspects. Neurotransmitter release from the neuron is comparable to insulin release from the beta cell."

Writer: Victoria Esser et al.

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Date: May 10 2014 7:46 PM

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"These beta cells are like tiny biological factories that churn out insulin. A single beta cell might make a million molecules of insulin a minute. That means the billion or so beta cells in the average healthy pancreas will make more copies of insulin every year than there are grains of sand on every beach and in every desert in the world."

Writer: Jason Bardi

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Date: May 10 2014 7:44 PM

What: "Glucose is like the fire within you... The Pancreas is like an Air-Conditioner...Insulin is like Cool Air... Beta Cells are like Light Bulbs...Carbohydrates are fuel for the fire..."The linked page analogizes food and fuel, sugar metabolism and heating and cooling.

Writer: Ellis Toussier

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Date: May 10 2014 7:51 PM

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"We have not regenerated the intricate mechanisms that regulate the levels of secretions," says Matthias Hebrok, director of the UC San Francisco Diabetes Center. "Beta cells are like a Porsche - an amazing, calibrated machine. What we've made is more like a Volkswagen Beetle.

Writer: Matthias Hebrok

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Date: May 10 2014 7:51 PM