Pancreas cells can convert to produce insulin
Posted on Apr 9, 2010
JDRF researchers have shown for the first time that other pancreas cells can spontaneously re-program themselves to produce insulin without the need for complex genetic modification or surgical transplantation.
Under healthy conditions, beta cells regenerate slowly to respond to increased insulin requirements or to replace those lost by injury. In the case of type 1 diabetes however, the beta cells are destroyed faster than they can naturally regenerate.
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