A study published in Cell Reports, co-led by University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering associate professor Edward A. Phelps, Ph.D., and College of Veterinary Medicine chair and professor Clayton E. Mathews, Ph.D., reveals that beta cell dysfunction occurs independently of immune cell infiltration in the pancreas during the onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D). The collaborative research involved key partners from the Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD), directed by Mark A. Atkinson, Ph.D.
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