A picture's worth 1000 words: Using imaging to track beta cells, diabetes progression

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Northerner

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A radiotracer or marker and PET scanning has been used by researchers as a non-invasive technique to follow changes in how many active beta cells a person has. For nearly 100 years, scientists have known that type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a disease fundamentally about the progressive loss of insulin-producing beta cells, but measuring that loss has continued to elude researchers -- at least until now.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140612095125.htm
 
Well that WILL be useful! Good on them.
 
It would have been interesting to see the ups and downs of my beta cells since diagnosis, since I have clearly recovered some function rather than going the other way! 🙂
 
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