Engineered pancreatic tissues could lead to better transplants for diabetics
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have built pancreatic tissue with insulin-secreting cells, surrounded by a three-dimensional network of blood vessels. When they transplanted the tissue into diabetic mice, the cells began functioning well enough to lower blood sugar levels in the mice. The engineered tissue could pave the way for improved tissue transplants to treat diabetes.