New Diabetes Treatment? New Source Of Insulin-producing Cells Identified
Monday, November 24, 2008 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from progenitor cells within the pancreas that were not beta cells.
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