Insulin-producing Cells Can Give Rise To Stem-like Cells In-vitro
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 19:28
in Health & Medicine
The question of whether insulin-producing cells of the pancreas can regenerate is key to our understanding of diabetes. Now scientists have concluded that they can. Researchers have shown in vitro that insulin-producing β-cells (beta cells) can return to a more primitive developmental state called stem-like cells.