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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A seven-stage protocol building on previous work transforming human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing pancreatic cells was able to reverse diabetes in mouse models in about 40 days, compared to 4 to 5 months.
Researchers from the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with the Janssen Research & Development, LLC., reported the finding in the Sept. 11 issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology.
"We have not yet made fully functional cells in a dish, but we are very close," University of British Columbia professor Timothy Kieffer, PhD, said in a press release.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/GeneralEndocrinology/47757
Researchers from the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with the Janssen Research & Development, LLC., reported the finding in the Sept. 11 issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology.
"We have not yet made fully functional cells in a dish, but we are very close," University of British Columbia professor Timothy Kieffer, PhD, said in a press release.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/GeneralEndocrinology/47757