A genetically engineered human pancreatic β cell line

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Northerner

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As you may imagine, this is a bit sciency! 🙂

Despite intense efforts over the past 30 years, human pancreatic β cell lines have not been available. Here, we describe a robust technology for producing a functional human β cell line using targeted oncogenesis in human fetal tissue.

http://www.jci.org/articles/view/58447
 
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