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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Vanderbilt University scientists have found evidence that the insulin-secreting beta cells of the pancreas, which are either killed or become dysfunctional in the two main forms of diabetes, have the capacity to regenerate.
The surprising finding, posted online recently by Cell Metabolism, suggests that by understanding how regeneration occurs, scientists one day may be able to stop or reverse the rising tide of diabetes, which currently affects more than 8 percent of the U.S. population.
The study “provides clues to how we might learn what signals promote beta-cell regeneration in type 1 and type 2 diabetes,” said Alvin Powers, M.D., the paper’s senior author and director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center.
http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/03/diabetes-researchers-track-cells-ability-to-regenerate/
The surprising finding, posted online recently by Cell Metabolism, suggests that by understanding how regeneration occurs, scientists one day may be able to stop or reverse the rising tide of diabetes, which currently affects more than 8 percent of the U.S. population.
The study “provides clues to how we might learn what signals promote beta-cell regeneration in type 1 and type 2 diabetes,” said Alvin Powers, M.D., the paper’s senior author and director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center.
http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/03/diabetes-researchers-track-cells-ability-to-regenerate/