Compounds that trigger beta cell replication identified
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 13:22
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) have identified a set of compounds that can trigger the proliferation of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, using sophisticated high-throughput screening techniques.
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