An Old Test Teaches Doctors New Tricks: C-peptide Exam Becoming an Accepted...
If you’re a person with diabetes who suspects your beta cells may still be hard at work, you may be more right than you know. Most people with diabetes, including type 1s, are still producing at least...
View ArticleInterpreting Your C-peptide Values
Normal C-peptide levels for a fasting test are generally considered to be anything between 0.5 nanograms (ng) per millileter (ml) and 3 ng/ml, although people who do not have diabetes may occasionally...
View ArticleWhat is the C-peptide Test?
The precursor to insulin produced by the pancreas’s beta cells is a peptide chain known as proinsulin. Made up of amino acids bound into a u-shape by a connecting polypeptide, proinsulin is stored in...
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