Transforming skin cells to insulin

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 13:32 in Health & Medicine

Researches are one step closer to cure diabetes by making insulin-producing cells from skin cells. They have transformed skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin producing cells, using stem cell techniques. The researchers’ aim is to transplant these cells under the skin of people with diabetes.

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