Noninsulin-producing alpha cells in the pancreas can be converted to insulin-producing beta cells
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 16:49
in Health & Medicine
New York, NY, August 6, 2009 -- In findings that add to the prospects of regenerating insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes, researchers in Europe -- co-funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation -- have shown that insulin-producing beta cells can be derived from non-insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.